Colombe, Soledad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0300-902X
Beard, James
Mtenga, Baltazar
Lutonja, Peter
Mngara, Julius
de Dood, Claudia J.
van Dam, Govert J.
Corstjens, Paul L. A. M.
Kalluvya, Samuel
Urassa, Mark
Todd, Jim
Downs, Jennifer A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Weill Cornell Medical College (Kellen Junior Faculty Fellowship)
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (K23 AI 110238)
Article History
Received: 18 February 2019
Accepted: 31 May 2019
First Online: 13 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for retrospective and prospective analysis of these data was obtained from Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza (BREC/001/04/2011), the National Institute for Medical Research in Dar es Salaam (NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/2446), and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York (1108011883). Study participants provided informed written consent during enrollment into the cohort study as per the approved procedures of the TAZAMA project, which included consent for future testing of DBS samples [].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.