Edgel, Kimberly A.
Canavati, Sara
Le, Hoi Thi
Tran, Tho Huy
Van Nguyen, Kinh
Nguyen, Trung Vu
Nguyen, Nga Thi
Tran, Hoa Mai
Ngo, Thang Duc
Tran, Duong Thanh
Nguyen, Binh Thi Huong
Tran, Long Khanh
Nguyen, Thu Minh
Whedbee, Rosalie J.
Milgotina, Ekaterina I.
Martin, Nicholas J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2030-8702
Funding for this research was provided by:
US Defense Health Program Work Unit (Number D1430)
Article History
Received: 26 February 2021
Accepted: 29 March 2022
First Online: 13 May 2022
Declarations
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: Records included in the retrospective analysis were de-identified. All patients included in the quantitative prospective strand and its qualitative arm provided written informed consent prior to enrollment and could opt out of providing samples or answering questions. The study was approved by the Vietnam National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD) Institutional Review Board (IRB; Federal Wide Assurance number: FWA00016103; IRB number: 13A/HDDD-NDTU 1 June 2017–30 May 2018) and was reviewed in accord with US Department of the Navy Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) guidelines (HRPO.NMRCA.2018.0002 reviewed 03 Jan 2018) in compliance with all applicable federal regulations governing the protection of human subjects. For the qualitative arm, the interviewers followed the Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). As proposed by the AAA, all interviewees were informed before the start of the interview about project’s goals, the topic and type of questions, the intended use of results for scientific publications, and their right to refuse the interview, interrupt the conversation at any time, and withdraw all given information during or after the interview. Anonymity was guaranteed and the confidentiality of interviewees assured by assigning a unique code number to each informant. Written consent was obtained. Each survey participant provided informed written consent before participation. Participant’s approval and cooperation was sought in every aspect of data collection. Regular data collection meetings were conducted in Hanoi, where the researchers met to discuss progress and address challenges.
: Not applicable.
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