Tomescu, Silviu
Crompton, Thomas
Adebayo, Jonathan
Kinge, Constance Wose
Akpan, Francis
Rennick, Marcus
Chasela, Charles
Ondura, Evans
Dauda, Dauda Sulaiman
Pisa, Pedro T.
Article History
Received: 11 May 2021
Accepted: 16 November 2021
First Online: 30 November 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical approvals for this study were obtained in Nigeria and the United States. Informed consent was waived from all subjects or, if subjects are under 18, from a parent and/or legal guardian by the expedited institutional review board (IRB) approvals granted by both the National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC), reference number NHREC/01/01/2007, and the HML IRB in the United States, reference number 772EQH20. Data were anonymised and handled confidentially during all phases of the research. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. All experimental protocols were granted approval by the institutional review board (IRB) of the National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC), reference number NHREC/01/01/2007, and the HML IRB in the United States, reference number 772EQH20.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.