Kouevi-Koko, T. E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9003-5992
Amouzou, K. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0321-826X
Sogan, A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4089-5991
Apeti, S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-638X
Dakey, Y. E. L. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9510-3413
Abalo, A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4797-3777
Article History
Received: 13 October 2022
Accepted: 19 February 2023
First Online: 2 March 2023
Declarations
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: The authors confirm that any patient, service user, or participant (or that person’s parent or legal guardian) included in this clinical trial has given written consent to the inclusion of material pertaining to themselves, that they acknowledge that they cannot be identified via the paper; and that we have fully anonymized them. The composition of the Ethical Committee of SOTH is currently changing according to the scientific guidelines. For this study, we defend the protocol in the staff of Professor Anani Abalo and Professor Ekoue David Dosseh. Professor Abalo is the author of the epidemiologic study about LEA in Togo published 10 years ago. Professor Abalo thought an updated analysis of the current status of the disease in the country is mandatory. We include the written declaration of Prof Abalo.
: All the patients provided written consent to be enrolled in the present study and the publication of the relative article.
: They authors declare that they have no competing interests.