Ngekeng, Serge
Kibu, Odette
Oke, Rasheedat
Bassah, Nahyeni
Touko, Darwin Arole
Yost, Mark T.
Dissak-Delon, Fanny
Tendongfor, Nicholas
Nguefack-Tsague, Georges
Hubbard, Alan
McCoy, Sandra I.
Christie, S. Ariane
Chichom-Mefire, Alain
Juillard, Catherine
Funding for this research was provided by:
United states National Institutes of health (D43TW012186, U54TW012087, D43TW012186, D43TW012186, U54TW012087, U54TW012087, U54TW012087, D43TW012186, D43TW012186, D43TW012186, D43TW012186, U54TW012087, D43TW012186, D43TW012186)
Article History
Received: 13 May 2024
Accepted: 14 October 2024
First Online: 16 October 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the CTR was obtained from the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) at universities in the United States (#19–000086) and Cameroon (2021/1506-07/UB/SG/IRB/FHS), and from the Cameroon National Ethics Committee (No. 2022/04/1444/CE/CNERSH/SP). Participation in the registry is voluntary and informed verbal consent is obtained from the patients or their surrogates.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: <b>SN</b>: Conceptualization, formal analysis, writing - original draft; <b>CJ</b>: Funding acquisition, methodology, writing - review & editing; <b>AC-M</b>: funding acquisition, writing - review & editing; <b>AC</b>: project administration, writing - review & editing; <b>AH</b>: formal analysis, writing - review & editing; <b>SIM</b>: writing - review & editing; <b>RO</b>: project administration, writing - review & editing; <b>FD-D</b>: project administration, writing - review & editing; <b>MY</b>: writing - review & editing; <b>KO</b>: writing - review & editing. <b>NB</b>- Field coordination, <b>DAT</b> – Field coordination, <b>NT</b> - writing - review & editing, <b>GNT</b> - writing - review & editing All authors read and approved the final manuscript.