AlKalamouni, Habib
Abou Hassan, Farouk F.
Bou Hamdan, Mirna
Page, Andrew J.
Lott, Martin
Matthews, Michaela
Ghosn, Nada
Rady, Alissar
Mahfouz, Rami
Araj, George F.
Dbaibo, Ghassan
Zaraket, Hassan
Melhem, Nada M.
Matar, Ghassan M.
Article History
Received: 24 August 2022
Accepted: 23 January 2023
First Online: 27 January 2023
Declarations
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: This study is part of a national surveillance program in collaboration with the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit (ESU) at the Lebanese MoPH. Accordingly, the approval and waiver of informed consent was granted by the Institutional Review Board at the American University of Beirut (AUB-IRB). The waiver which was attached as pdf file “IRB Waiver” in the related files section of the submission portal, was based on the premise that the nature of this study is not research based, but rather, a public health surveillance activity. Furthermore, the authors confirm that all methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.