Rakete, Stefan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4851-513X
Moonga, Given
Wahl, Anna-Maria
Mambrey, Viola
Shoko, Dennis
Moyo, Dingani
Muteti-Fana, Shamiso
Tobollik, Myriam
Steckling-Muschack, Nadine
Bose-O’Reilly, Stephan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU IG II 2 45083 - 4/0)
Seventh Framework Programme (603946)
Seventh Framework Programme (603946)
Article History
Received: 26 March 2021
Accepted: 9 August 2021
First Online: 19 August 2021
Declarations
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: Approval for conducting the study was gained from the Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe and the respective local and regional authorities. The Ethics Committee of the Medical Research Council and the Zimbabwe Research Council (MRCZ/A/2367, September 26, 2018, and February 25, 2019) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (18-421, October 15, 2018) approved the study protocols and gave their permissions. In agreement with the Helsinki Declaration of Ethics Code for experiments with human subjects, the study was performed. Each participant signed an informed consent form and material transfer agreement, prior to the data and sample collection. All documents were available in the three main languages: English, Shona and Ndebele spoken in Zimbabwe.
: The participants signed informed consent regarding publishing their data.
: The authors declare no competing interests.