Das, Souradeep
Pandey, Anish K.
Morris, Denise E
Anderson, Rebecca
Lim, Victor
Wie, Chong Chun
Yap, Ivan Kok Seng
Alattraqchi, Ahmed Ghazi
Simin, Hafis
Abdullah, Ramle
Yeo, Chew Chieng http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9644-6925
Clarke, Stuart C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7009-1548
Cleary, David W. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4533-0700
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Medical University (BP I-01/12 (09) 2015, BP I-01/12 (09) 2015)
HEFCE Newton Fund Official Development Assistance
Newton Fund Institutional Links (172686537)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2023
Accepted: 1 April 2024
First Online: 17 April 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for isolates taken in Peninsular Malaysia was provided by Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) Ethics Committee: approval no. UniSZA/C/1/UHREC/628–1(85) dated 27 June 2016, the Department of Orang Asli Affairs and Development (JAKOA): approval no. JAKOA/PP.30.052Jld11 [CitationRef removed], and by the University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee (Submission ID: 20831). For those from Sarawak, approval was provided by the International Medical University Malaysia (IMU) Joint-Committee on Research and Ethics (Project ID No: IMU R 175/2015) and the University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee (Submission ID: 14478). In all cases written informed consent was taken with parents/guardians providing consent for those < 18 years old.
: All authors have provided consent for publication.
: DWC was a post-doctoral researcher on projects funded by Pfizer and GSK between April 2014 and October 2017. SCC acts as principal investigator on studies conducted on behalf of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust/University of Southampton that are sponsored by vaccine manufacturers but receives no personal payments from them. SCC has participated in advisory boards for vaccine manufacturers but receives no personal payments for this work. SCC has received financial assistance from vaccine manufacturers to attend conferences. All grants and honoraria are paid into accounts within the respective NHS Trusts or Universities, or to independent charities. All other authors have no conflicts of interest.