Beissner, Marcus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9238-2998
Woestemeier, Anna
Saar, Malkin
Badziklou, Kossi
Maman, Issaka
Amedifou, Charlotte
Wagner, Magdalena
Wiedemann, Franz X.
Amekuse, Komi
Kobara, Basile
Herbinger, Karl-Heinz
Kere, Abiba Banla
Löscher, Thomas
Bretzel, Gisela
Funding for this research was provided by:
German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (ILEP Project No.: 7.01.02.50)
Article History
Received: 20 June 2017
Accepted: 1 August 2019
First Online: 28 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the national Togolese ethics committee “Comité de Bioéthique pour la Recherche en Santé” (012/2012/CBRS) and the study was approved by the “Ministère de la Santé de la République Togolaise”. Written informed consent (IC) was obtained from all study participants and/or their legal representatives if below 18 years of age. If required, local study physicians translated IC forms into African languages for study participants unable to understand French.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.