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Vissoci, Joao Ricardo Nickenig https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7276-0402
de Oliveira, Leonardo Pestillo
Gafaar, Temitope
Haglund, Michael M.
Mvungi, Mark
Mmbaga, Blandina Theophil
Staton, Catherine A.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Resources and Services Administration (T84HA21123-02)
Fogarty International Center (K01TW010000)
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Article History
Received: 23 August 2018
Accepted: 26 March 2019
First Online: 8 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Duke University (IRB #Pro000061652), the Ethics Committee of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (821/2018), and the National Institute for Medical Research of Tanzania. Written and verbal consent was obtained from all participants in their native language (Kiswahili). When participants were not capable of signing, written consent was obtained by fingerprints<i>.</i> The ability to provide consent was considered an eligibility criteria. All participants were deemed capable of providing consent by their primary clinician. Participants ability to provide consent was evaluated by their in-hospital primary clinician and then referred to the research team.
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