O’Reilly, Kathleen M.
Verity, Robert
Durry, Elias
Asghar, Humayun
Sharif, Salmaan
Zaidi, Sohail Z.
Wadood, M. Zubair M.
Diop, Ousmane M.
Okayasu, Hiro
Safdar, Rana M.
Grassly, Nicholas C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MR/J014362/1)
World Health Organization (2013/363982-0)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1099374)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2017
Accepted: 26 March 2018
First Online: 13 April 2018
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: The manuscript has been approved by the World Health Organisation.
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