Muriuki, John Muthii
Mentzer, Alexander J.
Webb, Emily L.
Morovat, Alireza
Kimita, Wandia
Ndungu, Francis M.
Macharia, Alex W.
Crane, Rosie J.
Berkley, James A.
Lule, Swaib A.
Cutland, Clare
Sirima, Sodiomon B.
Diarra, Amidou
Tiono, Alfred B.
Bejon, Philip
Madhi, Shabir A.
Hill, Adrian V. S.
Prentice, Andrew M.
Suchdev, Parminder S.
Elliott, Alison M.
Williams, Thomas N.
Atkinson, Sarah H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8360-4402
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (110255/Z/15/Z, 202800/Z/16/Z, 106289/Z/14/Z, 064693, 079110, 095778, 203077/Z/16/Z)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (MC-A760-5QX00)
FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (Grant agreement No 294557)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2019
Accepted: 22 January 2020
First Online: 27 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approvals were obtained for Kilifi, Kenya (by the Scientific Ethics Review Unit of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI/SERU/CGMR-C/046/3257/2983)); Entebbe, Uganda (locally by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (GC/127/12/07/32) and Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (MV625), and in the UK by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (A340) and Oxford Tropical Research (OTR) (39-12, 42-14 and 37-15) Ethics Committees); Banfora, Burkina Faso (by Ministere de la Recherche Scientifique et de l’Innovation in Burkina Faso (2014-12-151) and the OTR Ethics Committees (41-12)); Soweto, South Africa (by the University of Witwatersrand Human Research (M130714) and the OTR Ethics Committees (1042-13 and 42-14)); and West Kiang, The Gambia (by the Gambian Government/Medical Research Council Ethics Committee (874/830)). Informed written consent was obtained from all children’s parents or guardians.
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