Lacerda, Eliana M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5077-7868
Geraghty, Keith
Kingdon, Caroline C.
Palla, Luigi
Nacul, Luis
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI103629)
ME Association (PF8947)
Article History
Received: 14 August 2018
Accepted: 16 September 2019
First Online: 7 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was granted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine SHTM Ethics Committee January 16th, 2012 (Ref.6123) and the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) London- Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee December 22nd, 2011 (REC ref. 11/10/1760, IRAS ID: 77765). All biobank participants provided written consent for questionnaire, clinical measurement, and laboratory test data, and samples to be made available for ethically-approved research, after receiving an extensive information sheet and consent form, which includes an option to withdraw from the study at any time.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.