Moreno-Gutierrez, Diamantina
Rosas-Aguirre, Angel
Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro
Bilcke, Joke
Barboza, José Luis
Hayette, Marie-Pierre
Contreras-Mancilla, Juan
Aguirre, Kristhian
Gamboa, Dionicia
Rodriguez, Hugo
Speybroeck, Niko
Beutels, Philippe
Funding for this research was provided by:
Académie de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur (ARES-CCD, PRD Peru 2014-2019)
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (008-2014-FONDECYT)
Article History
Received: 28 November 2019
Accepted: 10 April 2020
First Online: 21 April 2020
Ethical approval and consent to participate
: Ethics clearance for the study was obtained from the Ethics Review Board of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru (SIDISI code # 64371). Permissions were received from health and local authorities after explaining the purpose and procedures of the study. Signed informed consent was obtained prior the study enrollment to participation and blood sampling by all adults and the parents of all participating children < 18 years. In addition to parental/guardian consent, children older than 7 years provided a signed informed assent. All the methods were carried out in accordance with approved guidelines.
: Written consents were obtained from patients.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.