Owusu-Asenso, Christopher M.
Mingle, Julius A. A.
Weetman, David
Afrane, Yaw A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (D43 TW 011513)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2021
Accepted: 25 January 2022
First Online: 19 February 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics and Protocol Review Committee of the College of Health Sciences of the University of Ghana (protocol identification number CHS-Et/M.9-P1.5/2017–2018). Meetings were held at each study site with the chiefs and the residents to introduce the research study to the public. All study participants were adults (at least 18 years old). Written and signed consent was obtained from all the adults who volunteered to participate in HLC sampling before they were trained and the sampling of mosquitoes commenced. A copy of their signed consent form was given to each of the HLC volunteers and another copy kept in a locked cabinet with restricted access in the offices of the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School. Verbal consent was obtained from household heads to sample mosquitoes in their houses and compounds. Ethical approval for the use of volunteers for mosquito sampling and the protocols involved was sought from the Ethics and Protocol Review Committee of the College of Health Sciences of the University of Ghana (protocol identification number CHS-Et/M.9-P1.5/2017–2018). Permission to carry out the study at the various study sites was sought from community leaders, and verbal consent was sought from the heads of households before houses were entered for inspection and sampling.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.