Mistry, Priyal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3485-0516
Potgieter, Joachim J. C.
Pepper, Michael S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6406-2380
Durandt, Chrisna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-4669
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health Laboratory Service (PR19684)
South African Medical Research Council (South African Medical Research Council)
National Research Foundation (MND200610530106)
Article History
Accepted: 11 December 2024
First Online: 21 January 2025
Declarations
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: All authors have read and approved this manuscript for publication.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest nor competing interests.
: Ethical clearance was received from the Research Ethics Committee (REC), Faulty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria (Ethics ref no: 396/2021) to obtain BM aspirates as well as to conduct this project.
: A waiver was granted by the REC to obtain informed consent from patients from whom these samples were aspirated as only leftover sample intended to be discarded as biological waste following diagnostic tests were used for research purposes.