van Eeden, Gerald http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-0162
Uren, Caitlin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2358-0135
Pless, Evlyn http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6402-3397
Mastoras, Mira http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6897-0116
van der Spuy, Gian D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9067-5903
Tromp, Gerard http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7761-0806
Henn, Brenna M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4998-287X
Möller, Marlo
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation
National Institutes of Health (R35GM133531)
Article History
Received: 19 December 2021
Accepted: 1 August 2022
First Online: 9 August 2022
Declarations
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: Approved by the Health Research Ethics Committee 2 of Stellenbosch University under ethics reference number S20/02/034. The Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC) complies with the SA National Health Act No. 61 of 2003 as it pertains to health research. The HREC abides by the ethical norms and principles for research, established by the World Medical Association (2013). Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects; the South African Department of Health (2006). Guidelines for Good Practice in the Conduct of Clinical Trials with Human Participants in South Africa (2nd edition), as well as the Department of Health (2015). Ethics in Health Research: Principles, Processes and Structures (2nd edition). The Health Research Ethics Committee reviews research involving human subjects conducted or supported by the Department of Health and Human Services, or other federal departments or agencies that apply the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects to such research (United States Code of Federal Regulations Title 45 Part 46), and/or clinical investigations regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Department of Health and Human Services.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.