Pinda, Polius G.
Msaky, Dickson S.
Muyaga, Letus L.
Mshani, Issa H.
Njalambaha, Rukiyah M.
Kihonda, Japhet
Bwanaly, Hamis
Ngowo, Halfan S.
Kaindoa, Emmanuel W.
Koekemoer, Lizette L.
Okumu, Fredros O.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-002138)
Howard Hughes International Scholarship (OPP1099295)
DST/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative Grant (UID 64763)
Article History
Received: 16 June 2022
Accepted: 16 November 2022
First Online: 2 December 2022
Declarations
:
: This study was permitted by the Institute Review Board of Ifakara Health Institute; IHI/IRB/No: 26-2020 and the Medical Research Coordinated Committee of the National Institute for Medical Research of the United Republic of Tanzania; NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol. IX/3495. With these approvals, an ethical approval waiver was obtained from the Animal Research Ethics Committee of the University of the Witwatersrand, where the lead author is a post-graduate student (Waiver 11-10-2021-O).
: This manuscript has been approved for publication by the National Institute for Medical Research of the United Republic of Tanzania (NIMR/HQ/P.12 VOL XXXIV/78).
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.