Pretorius, Etheresia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-2384
Vlok, Mare
Venter, Chantelle
Bezuidenhout, Johannes A.
Laubscher, Gert Jacobus
Steenkamp, Janami
Kell, Douglas B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-7963
Funding for this research was provided by:
novo nordisk foundation center for basic metabolic research (NNF20CC0035580)
Article History
Received: 23 June 2021
Accepted: 3 August 2021
First Online: 23 August 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for blood collection and analysis of the patients with COVID-19, Long COVID/PASC and T2DM and healthy individuals, was given by the Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of Stellenbosch University (reference number: 9521). This laboratory study was carried out in strict adherence to the International Declaration of Helsinki, South African Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Ethical Guidelines for research. Consent was obtained from all participant. Patients or the public WERE NOT involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of our research.
: All authors approved submission of the paper.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare.