Herbert, Chandré https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-8369
Luies, Laneke https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4920-4090
Loots, Du Toit https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-6237
Williams, Aurelia A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0982-5829
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation, South Africa (122116, 129871)
North-West University
Article History
Received: 26 April 2023
Accepted: 1 August 2023
First Online: 18 August 2023
Declarations
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: The investigation was done according to the Declaration of Helsinki and International Conference of Harmonization guidelines. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committees of the University of Cape Town (reference no: 680/2013) and the North-West University for a larger study focused on HIV/TB co-infection metabolomics (NWU-00355–20-A1), as well as for this sub-study (NWU-00355–20-A1-01). All recruited participants gave written informed consent for the use of their samples for the research aims in this study. They received a financial incentive at the time of diagnosis as well as at their follow-up visit. They also received counselling and treatment in case of a positive test result.
: Not applicable (no participant identifiable information or images are present). All authors approve the final version to be submitted for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.