Goodchild, Caylin
Symington, Elizabeth A.
Baumgartner, Jeannine
Zandberg, Lizelle
Wise, Amy J.
Smuts, Cornelius M.
Malan, Linda
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of South Africa (99374)
National Research Foundation of South Africa (99374)
University of South Africa (Academic Qualification Improvement Programme)
South African Medical Research Council (Self, Initiated Research Grant (CM Smuts))
North-West University
Article History
Received: 23 July 2024
Accepted: 29 May 2025
First Online: 4 June 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was provided by the Health Research Ethics Committee of the North-West University (NWU-00186–15-A1) and the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (M150968). All mothers signed written informed consent for themselves and their infants before collection of any data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.