Wismayer, Richard
Matthews, Rosie
Whalley, Celina
Kiwanuka, Julius
Kakembo, Fredrick Elishama
Thorn, Steve
Wabinga, Henry
Odida, Michael
Tomlinson, Ian
Article History
Received: 6 December 2023
Accepted: 19 September 2024
First Online: 30 September 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Higher Degrees Research and Ethics Committee, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University (Approval No: SBS-630) and Ugandan National Council for Science and Technology (Approval No: HS-2574). All participants who were recruited prospectively were informed of the purpose of the study, and they endorsed the informed consent forms prior to participation in this study. For the retrospective arm of the study, data were abstracted from the case files in the respective hospitals. Therefore, a waiver of consent was obtained from the Higher Degrees Research and Ethics Committee, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, to access the data and perform the experiments on the tissue block samples. The patient data, which were accessed from the medical case files in the respective hospitals, were anonymized and maintained with confidentiality. The conduct of the study was in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.