Harerimana, Boniface http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1474-9544
Kerr, Michael
Csiernik, Richard
Ng, Lauren C.
Rutembesa, Eugene
Forchuk, Cheryl
Funding for this research was provided by:
Irene Nordwich Foundation (2018 PhD Student Award)
Faculty of Health sciences, Western University (2018 Graduate Research Needs-Based Scholarship)
The Western African Institute (2018 Graduate Research Scholarship)
Article History
Accepted: 19 November 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, the Western Africa Institute, and Irene Nordwich Foundation did not influence any aspects of conduct, data analysis, and report of the study results.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.