Song, Jin-Wen
Yang, Guang
Kamara, Matilda N.
Sun, Wei
Guan, Qun
Barrie, Umu
Jiba, Darlinda F.
Jalloh, Abdulai Tejan
Liu, Ming
Tamba, Francis K.
Yendewa, George A.
Wang, Ligui
Zhao, Rongtao
Lakoh, Sulaiman
Funding for this research was provided by:
Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (7222171)
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC2301100)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82101837;31800845)
Article History
Received: 8 July 2023
Accepted: 18 November 2023
First Online: 29 November 2023
Declarations
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: Ethics approval was obtained from the Sierra Leone Ethics and Scientific Review Committee (SLESRC) of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Government of Sierra Leone in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations and declaration of Helsinki. Approval to conduct this study was granted by SLESRC, dated June 21, 2022.
: Written informed consent was obtained from individual participants before enrolling in the study.
: All the authors have no financial or proprietary interests in any material discussed in this article.