Ong, Janet
Ho, Soon Hoe http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8792-318X
Soh, Stacy Xin Hui
Wong, Yvonne
Ng, Youming
Vasquez, Kathryn
Lai, Yee Ling
Setoh, Yin Xiang
Chong, Chee-Seng
Lee, Vernon
Wong, Judith Chui Ching
Tan, Cheong Huat
Sim, Shuzhen
Ng, Lee Ching
Lim, Jue Tao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Government of Singapore
Article History
Received: 14 September 2022
Accepted: 2 December 2022
First Online: 17 December 2022
Declarations
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: The National Environment Agency Bioethics Review Committee (i.e., Institutional Review Board) has reviewed this trial protocol and approved the exemption of the trial from formal bioethics review (IRB reference number: IRB024), as it is not considered human biological research, as advised by the Ministry of Health. All laboratory tests will be performed for clinically directed reasons; the data from these tests is routinely collected as part of routine dengue surveillance under the Infectious Disease Act (46), which exempts the need for informed consent. The Director of Medical Services approved use of this data for this study, without subject’s consent, under the same Act.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.