Ó Breasail, Mícheál http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9695-6378
Janha, Ramatoulie
Zengin, Ayse http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6428-6165
Pearse, Camille http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3486-8353
Jarjou, Landing http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-5119
Prentice, Ann
Ward, Kate A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7034-6750
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (U105960371, U123261351, MCA760-5QX00)
Article History
Received: 22 December 2022
Accepted: 7 February 2023
First Online: 2 March 2023
Declarations
:
: Mícheál Ó Breasail, Ramatoulie Janha, Ayse Zengin, Camille Pearse, Landing Jarjou, Ann Prentice and Kate A. Ward have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: Ethical approval was obtained from the MRC Unit The Gambia Scientific Co-ordinating Committee (SCC) and the joint Gambian Government/MRC Unit The Gambia Ethics committee (SCC#17791). All procedures were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants at their first visit; illiterate participants gave consent by thumbprint.