Jeena, Prakash M.
Asharam, Kareshma
Mitku, Aweke A.
Naidoo, Pragalathan
Naidoo, Rajen N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-4004
Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Medical Research Council (N/A)
National Research Foundation (90550)
AstraZeneca Research Trust (NA)
Article History
Received: 28 June 2019
Accepted: 9 October 2020
First Online: 16 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) (BF263/12). All the participants in this study gave written informed consent, participated voluntarily and no financial incentives were provided, and had the right to withdraw at any stage. Consent for the assessment and use of clinical information of the newborns were provided by their mothers. The parents or caregivers of all other participants under the age of 16 provided written consent for their participation.
: No identifying images or personal clinical data are presented in the manuscript, hence no individual consent for publication was obtained.
: The authors declare no competing interests in the conduct of this study.