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)
United states National Institutes of health (U54TW012087)
United states National Institutes of health (D43TW012186)
United states National Institutes of health (D43TW012186)
United states National Institutes of health (U54TW012087)
United states National Institutes of health (U54TW012087)
United states National Institutes of health (U54TW012087)
United states National Institutes of health (D43TW012186)
United states National Institutes of health (D43TW012186)
United states National Institutes of health (D43TW012186)
United states National Institutes of health (D43TW012186)
United states National Institutes of health (U54TW012087)
United states National Institutes of health (D43TW012186)
United states National Institutes of health (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.