Mostafa, Ishita
Fahim, Shah Mohammad http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-202X
Das, Subhasish
Gazi, Md Amran
Hasan, Md. Mehedi
Saqeeb, Kazi Nazmus
Mahfuz, Mustafa
Lynn, Hannah B.
Barratt, Michael J.
Gordon, Jeffrey I.
Ahmed, Tahmeed
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-016370)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2022
Accepted: 22 June 2022
First Online: 1 July 2022
Declarations
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: All the study activities will be performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approvals were obtained from Research Review Committee (RRC) and Ethical Review Committee (ERC) of icddr,b (protocol no: PR-21019; Version 1.3; June 28, 2021). Coded biospecimens and metadata will be sent to Washington University in St. Louis for analysis with the approval of The Human Research Protection Office (HRPO). Written, informed consent will be obtained from all parents before enrolment of the children in the study. With the exception of phlebotomy which carries a low risk of adverse events, this study does not involve any invasive procedures and therefore poses less than “minimal risk” to study participants. Any serious adverse event (SAE) will be reported to the ethical review committee of icddr,b within 24 hours of the site’s awareness of the event. All necessary and available treatments will be provided free of cost, if required.
: Not Applicable
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper