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Okoli, Caroline Amuche
Wamu, Deborah Isaiah
Deffi, Favour
Leshak, Philip Dakwar
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Article History
Received: 19 June 2024
Accepted: 13 January 2026
First Online: 10 March 2026
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: This study was carried out in line with the ethics guiding research undertakings on human subjects as approved by the Ethics Committee of Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria, with reference number JUTH/DCS/IREC/127/XXXI/436 under JUTH Health Research Ethics Committee meeting number NHREC/JUTH05/1022. In addition, permission was granted from the Department of Paediatrics, Jos University Teaching Hospital, where the study was carried out with utmost confidentiality in line with good laboratory practice and Helsinki declaration. Informed written consent to collect blood samples, confidential data and publish the results of the work were obtained from the participants parents/guardians before enrolment, after due explanation of the aims and procedures of the project.
: Informed written consent to collect blood samples, confidential data and publish the results of the work were obtained from the participants parents/guardians before enrolment, after due explanation of the aims and procedures of the project.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
