Thirion, Anicia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5972-0326
Loots, Du Toit http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-6237
Williams, Monray E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6698-8451
Solomons, Regan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-8443
Mason, Shayne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2945-5768
Funding for this research was provided by:
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation (23-96, 23/84)
National Research Foundation (TTK22031652)
North-West University
Article History
Received: 23 November 2023
Accepted: 6 February 2024
First Online: 1 March 2024
Declarations
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: All authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: Written, informed consent and/or assent were obtained for CSF samples from all participants for research purposes. The study was approved by the Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Hospital (ethics approval no. N16/11/142), the Western Cape Provincial Government, as well as by the HREC of the North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom campus (ethics approval no. NWU-00,063-18-A1).
: MetaboAnalyst (RRID:SCR_015539).IBM SPSS Statistics (RRID:SCR_019096).