Sindhu, Kulandaipalayam Natarajan
Srinivasan, Manikandan
Subramaniam, Sathyapriya
David, Anita Shirley
Mohan, Venkata Raghava
John, Jacob
Kang, Gagandeep https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3656-564X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1159351)
Article History
Received: 18 February 2019
Accepted: 29 November 2019
First Online: 30 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The VTS study was approved by the Institutional Review Board and Ethics committee of Christian Medical College, Vellore (IRB No: 10383 dated 30.11.2016). Written informed consent was obtained from parents of participating children, and further a written assent was obtained from age-eligible children.
: Not applicable.
: Venkata Raghava Mohan is an Associate Editor for BMC Public Health. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.