Turgman, Oren
Butler, Joe M.
Haguma, Priscilla
Nyesiga, Sharon
Phulusa, Jacob
Carey, Laura
Rylance, Jamie
van der Poll, Tom
Wiersinga, W. Joost
Jacob, Shevin T.
Article History
Received: 27 October 2025
Accepted: 12 February 2026
First Online: 25 February 2026
Declarations
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: Study protocols were approved by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) Research Ethics Committee in the UK under 20 − 014 (ARCS-Uganda Cohort Study); 18–062 (CRISP); by the College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee (COMREC) and National Health Sciences Research Committee under 18/09/2157 in Malawi; and by the Joint Clinical Research Centre Research Ethics Committee under JC2419 and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology under HS511ES. All study procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association.
: Written and verbal informed consent was obtained for each enrolled patient from patients or legal representatives.
: The authors declare no competing interests.