Peprah, Sally
Ogwang, Martin D.
Kerchan, Patrick
Reynolds, Steven J.
Tenge, Constance N.
Were, Pamela A.
Kuremu, Robert T.
Wekesa, Walter N.
Masalu, Nestory
Kawira, Esther
Otim, Isaac
Legason, Ismail D.
Ayers, Leona W.
Bhatia, Kishor
Goedert, James J.
Pfeiffer, Ruth M.
Mbulaiteye, Sam M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8273-9831
Funding for this research was provided by:
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (HHSN261201100063C, HHSN261201100007I)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (support to SJR)
National Cancer Institute
Article History
Received: 1 April 2021
Accepted: 7 May 2021
First Online: 7 June 2021
Declarations
:
: The study was performed in accordance with ethical guidelines and regulations consistent with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was given by ethics committees at Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (H816), Tanzania National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR/HQ/R.8c/Vol. IX/1023), Moi University/Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (000536), and National Cancer Institute (10-C-N133). The guardians of the children (mostly parents) gave written informed consent. Children aged 7 years or older gave written marked assent.
: Not applicable because the manuscript does not include identifiable individual data.
: SMM is co-Editor-in-Chief of Infectons Agents and Cancer, but was not resposible for handling this manuscript during review; all the other authors declare that they have no competing interests.