Mousa, Nahla O.
Abdellatif, Ahmed
Fahmy, Nagia
El-Fawal, Hassan
Osman, Ahmed
Funding for this research was provided by:
American University in Cairo
Article History
Received: 29 July 2023
Accepted: 18 September 2023
First Online: 19 October 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing financial interest.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of The American University in Cairo (April 2017/ No. 103). Informed consent was obtained from all adult participants included in the study and from the legal guardians in the case of children. Informed consent for collection of the blood as well as for enrollment in the study was obtained from all study subjects or their guardians (in case of children). IRB approval was obtained from the American University in Cairo (CASE #2016–2017-103).