Mutize, Tendaishe T. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4775-4793
Seedat, Riaz Y. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9774-334X
Ploos van Amstel, Johannes K. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9622-3994
Mager, Johannes J.
Brown, Stephen C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8508-8667
Gebremariam, Fekade https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-0255
Coetzee, Marius J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2762-0966
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health Laboratory Service (004_94482)
Article History
Received: 10 September 2020
Accepted: 5 November 2020
First Online: 17 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State (UFS-HSD2018/1584/2805), the Provincial Department of Health of the Free State (FS_201903_010) and the Provincial Department of Health of the Northern Cape (NC_201903_001) granted ethics approval.
: All participants and the parents or legal guardians of minors gave written informed consent for their clinical and genetic details to be published.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants who were 18 years and older, as well as from the parents or legal guardians of those younger than 18. Written assent was also obtained from participants younger than 18 years.