Hansen, Matthew E. B.
Rubel, Meagan A.
Bailey, Aubrey G.
Ranciaro, Alessia
Thompson, Simon R.
Campbell, Michael C.
Beggs, William
Dave, Jaanki R.
Mokone, Gaonyadiwe G.
Mpoloka, Sununguko Wata
Nyambo, Thomas
Abnet, Christian
Chanock, Stephen J.
Bushman, Frederic D.
Tishkoff, Sarah A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1339-5959
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lewis and Clark Fund
University of Pennsylvania
National Institutes of Health (5T32AI007532-18, DP1 ES022577-04, 1R01DK104339-01, 1R01GM113657-01, T32ES019851-02)
National Science Foundation (BCS-1540432, BCS-1317217)
Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
Wenner-Gren Foundation (9299)
Leakey Foundation
Article History
Received: 5 June 2018
Accepted: 20 December 2018
First Online: 22 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All experiments were approved by the University of Pennsylvania Institutional Review Board (IRB # 807981). Ethical approval and permits were also obtained from the following institutions prior to sample collection: The Commission for Science and Technology and National Institute for Medical Research in Dar es Salaam and the Ministry of Health in the Republic of Botswana. Written, informed consent was obtained from each participant.All experimental methods were in accordance with Helsinki Declaration.
: All participants provided consent for publication of study results of the collected biomaterials paired with anonymized information on age, sex, and location.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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