Simpson, Shirley V.
Nundu, Sabin S.
Arima, Hiroaki
Kaneko, Osamu
Mita, Toshihiro
Culleton, Richard
Yamamoto, Taro
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Joint Usage/Research Center on Tropical Disease, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (2020-Ippan-23)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2022
Accepted: 10 March 2023
First Online: 20 March 2023
Declarations
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: This study received approval from the ethics committees of the School of Public Health, Kinshasa University, DRC (Approval number: ESP/CE/042/2019) and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Approval number: 190110208-2). Written informed consent was obtained from children’s parents/guardians and assent from children ≥ 7 years of age was sought. The written informed consent document was provided either in French (official language) or Lingala (local language) depending on the parent’s educational background.
: Consent for publication was obtained from the parents/guardians of each participant.
: The authors have no conflicts of interests to declare.