Yu, Yuting
Luo, Zhiyu
Jin, Weiping
Mai, Jianyi
Qian, Shasha
Lu, Jia
Wei, Zhenni
Meng, Shengli
Wang, Zejun
Guan, Xuhua
Tong, Yeqing
Shen, Shuo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology (2015ZX09102021)
Article History
Received: 19 January 2021
Accepted: 21 October 2021
First Online: 24 November 2021
Declarations
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: This work was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of Xiangyang Disease Control Center. Verbal informed consents were obtained from legal guardians of all patients prior to the collection of rectal swab samples. Verbal informed consent was the preferred option for this study since it is more efficient for patient guardians. Every patient got detailed information of the study, and all of them had the ability to comprehend the study and was able to reason and make one’s own decision. All of the verbal informed consent of the patients were documented in a form. Medical Ethics Committee of Xiangyang Disease Control Center also approved the procedure for verbal consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.