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Authors
Biswas, Rahul
Thoma, Marie
Kong, Xiangrong
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (K25AI114461)
Research to Prevent Blindness (unrestricted grant to the Wilmer Eye Institute)
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Article History
Received: 30 January 2023
Accepted: 10 October 2023
First Online: 26 October 2023
Declarations
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: Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals for the Rakai BV cohort study were obtained from the Scientific and Ethics Committee of the Uganda Virus Research Institute and the United States Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Committee on Human Research and the Columbia University Medical Center IRB. The study was conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations of human subjects research. Informed consent was obtained from all eligible respondents. For minors (less than 18 years and not married), informed parental or guardian consent was sought before enrolling minors in the study. If the minor was the head of household or living autonomously, they consented for themselves. The consent procedures were approved by the aforementioned IRB and Ethics Committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
