Otaalo, Brian
Musaazi, Joseph
Nabisere-Arinaitwe, Ruth
Babirye, Shakira
Sloan, Derek J.
Ssengooba, Willy
Nakiyingi, Lydia
Reynolds, Steven J
Castelnuovo, Barbara
Manabe, Yukari C.
Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Christine
Funding for this research was provided by:
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (TMA2016CDF-1580)
Fogarty International Center (D43TW010132)
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 5 February 2026
First Online: 8 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Mulago Hospital Research and Ethics Committee (reference number: MHREC 1603), and all participants signed written informed consent. The study was also conducted in accordance with general principles outlined in the International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Participants and the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Consent for publication of de-identified data was informed and was obtained in written from all participants as part of the consenting process.
: The authors declare no competing interests.