Nzitakera, Augustin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7871-3954
Surwumwe, Jean Bosco
Ndoricyimpaye, Ella Larissa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5353-5493
Uwamungu, Schifra https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1546-2431
Uwamariya, Delphine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5207-2637
Manirakiza, Felix https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-8758
Ndayisaba, Marie Claire
Ntakirutimana, Gervais https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-8241
Seminega, Benoit
Dusabejambo, Vincent
Rutaganda, Eric https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5863-7026
Kamali, Placide
Ngabonziza, François
Ishikawa, Rei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4695-809X
Rugwizangoga, Belson https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-7320
Iwashita, Yuji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9085-5429
Yamada, Hidetaka https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-7201
Yoshimura, Kimio
Sugimura, Haruhiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0779-3088
Shinmura, Kazuya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4963-746X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20K07445)
Smoking Research Foundation (2019T009)
HUSM Grant-in-Aid (No number)
Article History
Received: 23 November 2023
Accepted: 18 February 2024
First Online: 8 March 2024
Change Date: 2 April 2024
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41021-024-00303-x
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences (Approval notice N° 295/CMHSIRB/2020 and N° 310/CMHSIRB/2021), the Ethical Committee of the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (Ref.: EC/CHUK/2/064/2020) and the ethics committee of the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (EC HUSM number: 20 − 011). All study participants were informed of the purpose of the study and voluntarily signed an informed consent form before participating in this study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.