Mortazavi, Susanne E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5681-2433
Lugaajju, Allan
Tijani, Muyideen Kolapo
Wu, Bingyan
Danielsson, Lena
Norrgren, Hans
Persson, Kristina E M
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lund University
Article History
Received: 30 March 2026
Accepted: 6 July 2026
First Online: 15 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal guardians prior to enrollment. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant national and institutional guidelines and regulations. The study was approved by the School of Biomedical Sciences Research and Ethics Committee at Makerere University and the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (approvals SBS-REC-765 and HS1267ES), as well as by the Reginal Ethical Review Board in Lund (Dnr 2015/7) and the Etikprövningsmyndigheten in Stockholm, Sweden (approvals 204/478 − 32 and 2022-03160-01).
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.