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Moonsamy, Shelina
Suchard, Melinda
Pillay, Pavitra
Prabdial-Sing, Nishi
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Received: 24 May 2021
Accepted: 7 December 2021
First Online: 6 January 2022
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Ethics approval, including a waiver of informed consent for use of the data, was obtained from the Institutional Research Ethics Committee of the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa (Ethical Clearance Number: IREC 069/20). Consent to participate is not applicable as this study is based on data analyses of laboratory tests conducted in the public health sector of South Africa (NHLS) and datasets excluded patient identification. Approval to obtain the NHLS data was obtained via the NHLS Academic Affairs and Research Management System (PR20254).
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper.
