Truter, Carien
Hamilton, Melissa S.
Le Roux, Camilla
Berndorfler, Bianca
Buys, Chané
van Niekerk, Magriet
van Toorn, Ronald
Dunican, Claire
van Rensburg, Ilana
Stanley, Kim
Vermeulen, Sean
Hesseling, Anneke C.
Doruyter, Alex
Warwick, James
Dupont, Patrick
van der Laan, Louvina
Ackermann, Christelle
du Preez, Karen
Zaharie, Dan
Möller, Marlo
te Brake, Lindsey
Svensson, Elin
Aarnoutse, Rob
Kaforou, Myrsini
Levin, Mike
Chegou, Novel
Solomons, Regan
Seddon, James A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD107063)
Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (K43TW011006)
Article History
Received: 1 September 2025
Accepted: 30 January 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Declarations
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: Written informed consent will be obtained from the legal guardian or parent, as well as assent in children aged 7 years and older. The study will be explained to everyone in their home language. Consent for genetic testing will be obtained separately. Data collection and sampling will only be done after written informed consent has been obtained. The study has been approved by the Stellenbosch University Human Research Ethics Committee (N16/11/142) and the National Department of Health, Western Province (WC_202304_006).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.