Islam, M. Munirul http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8780-8760
Huq, Sayeeda
Hossain, Md Iqbal
Ahmed, A. M. Shamsir
Ashworth, Ann
Mollah, Md Abid Hossain
Ahmed, Tahmeed
Funding for this research was provided by:
Government of Bangladesh and the UKAID Bangladesh
Article History
Received: 8 May 2019
Accepted: 23 July 2019
First Online: 31 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of icddr,b (Protocol reference no. PR10-039) which is an independent body that approves the research protocols and secures the rights of both the participants and investigators. Written informed consents were obtained from the legal guardians or parents of the participants prior to their inclusion in the study. All procedures followed in the present study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and regional) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and all subsequent revisions [CitationRef removed]. It is registered with the ClinicalTrials.gov and the registration number is NCT01558440. It can be accessed at this web address: ExternalRef removed& option = com_protocols&task = search&view = search&Itemid = 2205.