PSA: prostate-specific antigen; SD: standard deviation
Declarations
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Hassan II University of Casablanca, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques—Mohammedia, the members of the team of Virology, Oncology and Biotechnologies, Laboratory of Virology, Oncology, Biosciences, Environment and New Energies. As well as the Laboratory of Research and Biosafety of Mohammed V Construction Teaching Hospital in Rabat, for their help during sample collection.
Author contributions
KN: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing—original draft. AL: Resources, Writing—review & editing. IT: Data curation, Investigation. KAT: Investigation, Methodology. MM and AA: Resources. KE: Data curation, Resources. MB: Supervision, Writing—review & editing. MME: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee for Biomedical Research of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, Morocco (No. 3/2018/April 30, 2018).
Consent to participate
The informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
Consent to publication
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