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Article History

Received: 16 May 2024

Accepted: 25 October 2024

First Online: 29 November 2024

Declarations

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: The scientific reasons and the protocol of the study were reviewed and approved by the Medical Director of the Don Orione Center in Bonoua and all Directors of each service on the date 20.01.2014. This research was conducted without any “Invasive act”, affecting the physical, psychological, or moral integrity of the participants. The identity of each participant was protected by the attribution of an anonymous code to each stool sample collected. All experiments were performed following the ethical standards established by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), and the Declaration of Helsinki (1964), and its successive amendments were complied with.

: Participation of adults and children occurred voluntarily. A verbal agreement on the methods and purposes of the study was acquired before proceeding with sampling collection by adults and parents/guardians of children. A local dialect interpreter of dialect was used to explain the study’s aims, procedures, and significance when necessary. All participants were assured that all data were analyzed anonymously, and the human biological sample would provide data exclusively on intestinal microorganisms and not on human tissues.

: The authors declare no competing interests.