Beavogui, Abdoul Habib http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4950-6224
Camara, Alioune
Delamou, Alexandre
Diallo, Mamadou Saliou
Doumbouya, Abdoulaye
Kourouma, Karifa
Bouedouno, Patrice
Guilavogui, Timothée
dos Santos Souza, Samaly
Kelley, Julia
Talundzic, Eldin
Fofana, Aissata
Plucinski, Mateusz M.
Article History
Received: 21 January 2020
Accepted: 17 June 2020
First Online: 24 June 2020
Ethical approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Guinean Ethics Committee for Health Research (Protocol Number: 43/CNERS/15) and the Office of the Associate Director for Science in the Centre for Global Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Protocol Number: 2016-046). For each patient, signed informed consent was obtained from the parent/guardian before inclusion, and in the presence of a witness in the case of an illiterate parent/guardian. Data confidentiality was ensured by anonymizing patient information before analysis, keeping the patient forms in a locked cupboard and the electronic database on a password-protected computer.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.