Zeng, Ting
Wang, Kailu
Guo, Zihao
Sun, Shengzhi
Zhai, Ziyu
Lu, Yaoqin
Teng, Zhidong
He, Daihai
Wang, Kai
Tian, Maozai
Zhao, Shi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8722-6149
Funding for this research was provided by:
Youth science and technology innovation talent of Tianshan Talent Training Program in Xinjiang (2022TSYCCX0099)
Technology Innovation Team (Tianshan Innovation Team) Project (2022TSYCTD0015)
Article History
Received: 15 August 2023
Accepted: 11 September 2023
First Online: 28 September 2023
Declarations
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: Ting Zeng, Kailu Wang, Zihao Guo, Shengzhi Sun, Ziyu Zhai, Yaoqin Lu, Zhidong Teng, Daihai He, Kai Wang, Maozai Tan, and Shi Zhao declared no competing interests. The funders of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report.
: The collection of specimens, epidemiological and clinical data for SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals and their close contacts is a part of a continuing public health investigation of COVID-19 outbreaks, ruled in the Protocol on the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 by the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, which was exempt from ethical approval (i.e., institutional review board assessment). This study was approved by the institutional ethics committee of Xinjiang Medical University (IRB No.: XJYKDXR20221001001). Individual verbal consent was obtained from parents or legal guardians of participants when collecting personal information and human samples by governmental healthcare professionals in the field. This study presents no more than minimal risk of harm to all subjects, and involves no procedures for which written consent is normally required outside of the research context. The institutional ethics committee of Xinjiang Medical University waived written informed consent, and approved verbal consent for this study.