Chipoya, Maureen N.
Shimaponda-Mataa, Nzooma M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0371-5231
Article History
Received: 17 June 2020
Accepted: 17 November 2020
First Online: 23 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol (ID: 20181221003) was approved by University of Zambia Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (UNZAHSREC) (IRB00011000 of IORG0009227) considering human participation. Confidentiality was observed and assurances given with regards to, drawing of blood, pain involved and age of certain participants. Informed consent process was duly conducted and consent obtained before participants were enrolled into the study. The National Health Research Authority (NHRA) approved the dissemination and publication of this study.
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: The authors as well as the funders declare that they have no competing interests in the manuscript.