Pretorius, Etheresia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-2384
Venter, Chantelle
Laubscher, Gert Jacobus
Kotze, Maritha J
Oladejo, Sunday O.
Watson, Liam R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7016-9229
Rajaratnam, Kanshu
Watson, Bruce W. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0511-1837
Kell, Douglas B. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-7963
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF20CC0035580)
Article History
Received: 9 May 2022
Accepted: 16 July 2022
First Online: 6 August 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for blood collection and analysis of the participants with Long COVID/PASC was as given by the Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of Stellenbosch University (references: B21/03/001_COVID-19, project ID: #21911 (long COVID registry data) and N19/03/043, project ID #9521 (Long COVID blood collection). 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 participants. 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.
: MK is a non-executive director and shareholder of Gknowmix (Pty) Ltd. EP is the managing director of BioCODE Technologies. The other authors have no competing interests to declare.