Yohannes, Yared Beyene
Nakayama, Shouta M. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-2898
Yabe, John
Toyomaki, Haruya
Kataba, Andrew
Nakata, Hokuto
Muzandu, Kaampwe
Ikenaka, Yoshinori
Choongo, Kennedy
Ishizuka, Mayumi
Funding for this research was provided by:
ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology (No. 16H0177906, 18K1984708, 18KK028708, 21H02351, 18H0413208, No. 17KK0009 and 20K20633)
japan society for the promotion of science (JPJSBP120209902, CORE to CORE program)
japan prize foundation (NA)
hokkaido university (SOUSEI Support Program for Young Researchers in FY2020, Specific Research Projects)
science and technology research partnership for sustainable development (No. JPMJSA1501)
japan science and technology agency (No. JPMJAS2001, JPMXS0420100619)
Article History
Received: 16 June 2021
Accepted: 18 August 2021
First Online: 28 August 2021
Declarations
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: Study protocol approval and permission to conduct the research were obtained from the University of Zambia Research Ethics Committee (UNZAREC; REF. No. 012-04-16) and the Ministry of Health Zambia, respectively. Material transfer agreement (MTA, Approval No. E00417) has been issued from the Ministry of Health, Zambia, for transporting frozen samples to Japan.
: Participation in this study was voluntary, and participants enrolled after getting signed informed consent from the parents.
: Children’s parent signed informed consent before participation and be aware regarding publishing the data. All the coauthors have read the manuscript and agreed for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.