Mushunje, Prince K.
Dube, Felix S.
Olwagen, Courtney
Madhi, Shabir
Odland, Jon Ø
Ferrand, Rashida A.
Nicol, Mark P.
Abotsi, Regina E.
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Bandason, Tsitsi
Dauya, Ethel
Madanhire, Tafadzwa
Corbett, Elizabeth L.
Kranzer, Katharina
Majonga, Edith D.
Simms, Victoria
Rehman, Andrea M.
A.Weiss, Helen
Mujuru, Hilda
Bowen, Dan
Yindom, Louis-Marie
Rowland-Jones, Sarah L.
Flaegstad, Trond
Gutteberg, Tore J.
Cavanagh, Jorunn Pauline
Flygel, Trym Thune
Sovarashaeva, Evegeniya
Chikwana, Jessica
Mapurisa, Gugulethu Newton
Gonzalez-Martinez, Carmen
Semphere, Robina
Moyo, Brewster Wisdom
Ngwira, Lucky Gift
Mbhele, Slindile
Funding for this research was provided by:
UCT's Building Research Active Academic Staff (B.R.A.A.S.) award
The Molecular and Cell Biology_Equity Development Programme scholarship
University of Cape Town International & Refugee Student's Scholarship
The Dube Lab Scholarship
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Mucosal Pathogens
The National Research Foundation of South Africa (112160)
Future Leaders – African Independent Research (FLAIR) Fellowship
The University of Cape Town and the Allergy Society of South Africa
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
the Organization of Women in Science for the developing world (OWSD) PhD Fellowship
Margaret McNamara Education Grants and L'Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science PhD Fellowship
The Global Health and Vaccination Research (GLOBVAC) Programme of the Medical Research Council of Norwat
Article History
Received: 2 September 2023
Accepted: 19 June 2024
First Online: 26 June 2024
Declarations
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: The parent study (BREATHE) was approved by the Human Research and Ethics Committee of the University of Cape Town—UCT HREC (HREC/REF:754/2015), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Ethics Committee (reference 8818), the Harare Central Hospital Ethics Committee and Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (reference MRCZ/A/1946), the College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee Malawi (reference P.04/15/1719) and the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics, Northern Norway (reference 2015/1650). The University of Oxford waived approval. Additional ethical approval was received for this substudy from the UCT HREC (HREC/REF: 092/2019). No additional data were collected other than those approved in the parent study. Written informed consent and assent were given by guardians and participants, respectively. Participants who were 18 years old and above consented independently at the time of enrollment. All data obtained and generated during the study were kept confidential. This research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.