Cohen, Cheryl
Kleynhans, Jackie
von Gottberg, Anne
McMorrow, Meredith L.
Wolter, Nicole
Bhiman, Jinal N.
Moyes, Jocelyn
du Plessis, Mignon
Carrim, Maimuna
Buys, Amelia
Martinson, Neil A.
Kahn, Kathleen
Tollman, Stephen
Lebina, Limakatso
Wafawanaka, Floidy
du Toit, Jacques
Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier
Dawood, Fatimah S.
Mkhencele, Thulisa
Tempia, Stefano
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Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (6 U01IP001048-04-02)
Wellcome Trust (221003/Z/20/Z)
Article History
Received: 16 October 2023
Accepted: 8 March 2024
First Online: 21 March 2024
Declarations
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: The PHIRST protocol was reviewed and approved by the University of Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee (Reference 150808) and amended to include enrolment and testing for COVID-19 on 24 June 2020. The study was registered on clinicaltrials.gov, registration number NCT02519803 11/08/2015 (ExternalRef removed). Participants received grocery store vouchers of USD 3 per visit to compensate for the time required for specimen collection and interview. All participants provided informed consent. For minors informed consent was obtained from a parent or legal guardian.The full study protocol including informed consent forms can be found on the NICD website at the following link: ExternalRef removed
: Not applicable.
: CC has received grant support from Sanofi Pasteur, US CDC, Welcome Trust, Programme for Applied Technologies in Health (PATH), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and South African Medical Research Council (SA-MRC). AvG has received grant support from CDC, ASLM/Africa CDC, SA-MRC, WHO Afro, Fleming Fund, WHO, Wellcome Trust . NW reports grants from Sanofi Pasteur and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. NAM has received a grant to his institution from Pfizer to conduct research in patients with pneumonia and from Roche to collect specimens to assess a novel TB assay. JM has received grant support from Sanofi Pasteur and PATH. JB has received grant funds from EDCTP, Fleming Fund, SAMRC. Other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.