Gruenberg, Maria
Moniz, Clara Antunes
Hofmann, Natalie E.
Koepfli, Cristian
Robinson, Leanne J.
Nate, Elma
Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo
de Melo, Gisely Cardoso
Kuehn, Andrea
Siqueira, Andre M.
Nguitragool, Wang
Bassat, Quique
Lacerda, Marcus
Sattabongkot, Jetsumon
Mueller, Ivo
Felger, Ingrid http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1255-2606
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (310030_159580, IZRJZ3_164182)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1034577)
National Institutes of Health (U19 AI089686-01)
Article History
Received: 28 April 2020
Accepted: 13 August 2020
First Online: 3 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Scientific approval and ethical clearance for the PNG cross-sectional study was obtained from the PNG Institute of Medical Research Institutional Review Board (IMR IRB) (1116/1204), and the PNG Medical Research Advisory Committee (MRAC) (11.21/1206). Additional clearance for the re-analyses was obtained from the Medical Research Advisory Committee of the PNG Government, MRAC no. 16-01. Approval for the field study in Thailand was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand (EC approval number MUTM 2012-044-01). The Brazilian study was approved by the Brazilian National Committee of Ethics (CONEP) (349.211/2013). Informed written consent was obtained from all participants or their legal guardians prior to sampling. Ethical approval for diagnostic evaluations using archived samples was obtained in Switzerland from Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz, EKNZ Req-2016-000050.
: All authors declare their consent to publish the manuscript and agree to the proposed authorship order.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.