Schoonen, Maryke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6762-2232
Fassad, Mahmoud https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2568-8326
Patel, Krutik
Bisschoff, Michelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-0691
Vorster, Armand
Makwikwi, Tendai
Human, Ronel
Lubbe, Elsa
Nonyane, Malebo
Vorster, Barend C. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-288X
Vandrovcova, Jana
Hanna, Michael G. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0825-4075
Taylor, Robert W.
McFarland, Robert
Wilson, Lindsay A. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9396-5893
van der Westhuizen, Francois H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7879-1776
Smuts, Izelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1091-5912
Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Medical Research Council
National Research Foundation (Grant No. 129249, 129249, 129249)
RCUK | MRC | Medical Research Foundation (MR/S005021/1)
RCUK | Medical Research Council (MR/S005021/1, MR/S005021/1, MR/S005021/1, MR/S005021/1, MR/S005021/1, MR/S005021/1)
Article History
Received: 16 October 2024
Revised: 13 December 2024
Accepted: 22 January 2025
First Online: 18 February 2025
Ethical approval
: Informed consent was obtained as part of the current ICGNMD studies, with ethical approval numbers 296/2019 (University of Pretoria) and NWU-00966-19-A1 (North-West University).
: The authors declare no competing interests.