Chikwati, Raylton P. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9711-3348
Musarurwa, Cuthbert
Duri, Kerina
Mhandire, Kudakwashe
Snyman, Tracy
George, Jaya A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Federation of Clinical Chemistry
Wellcome Trust
Article History
Received: 9 November 2017
Accepted: 22 March 2019
First Online: 28 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participants gave written informed consent and had consented to use of their archived specimens for cohort sub studies. The study protocol was approved by the Joint Research Ethics Committee (JREC) for the University of Zimbabwe College Health Sciences and the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals: JREC 13/16. Ethical approval was also obtained from the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (MRCZ), approval MRCZ /B/1117. Shipment of biospecimens from Harare to Johannesburg was approved by the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ), research registration certificate 02871.
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