Ibekpobaoku, Agatha N.
Oboh, Mary A.
Faal, Fatou
Adeniji, Elizabeth
Ajibaye, Olusola
Idowu, Emmanuel T.
Amambua-Ngwa, Alfred
Article History
Received: 13 June 2023
Accepted: 2 April 2024
First Online: 9 May 2024
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the ethical approval (IRB/17/048) was obtained from the ethical review board of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos. Verbal and written informed consent was obtained from all pregnant women included in this study after detailed explanation of the study objectives to each of them. Pregnant women included in this study are those that consented with no pregnancy-related complications.
: All the authors have given consent for the publication of this work.
: Not applicable.
: This study is limited in the number of sample size included in the study and the geographical spread of the samples because it was self-funded.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interests.