Thiévent, Kevin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7977-6968
Hofer, Lorenz
Rapp, Elise
Tambwe, Mgeni Mohamed
Moore, Sarah
Koella, Jacob C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds des Donations of the University of Neuchâtel
Fondation Hans Wilsdorf
Fondation Ernst et Lucie Schmidheiny
Rotary Club Genève Groupe SERVIR
Fonds des Donations of the University of Neuchâtel
Article History
Received: 29 December 2017
Accepted: 12 April 2018
First Online: 4 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures that involved mice were conducted in accordance with the Swiss Tierschutzgesetz guidelines (TSchG; Animal Rights Laws). They were approved by the ethical committee of the University of Bern (Permit Number: BE109/13). Mice were anesthetized with an intra-peritoneal injection of 8.5 ml/kg of a mix of Xylazine Xylasol® (solution: 20mg/ml), Ketamine Ketasol ® (solution: 100 mg/ml) and PBS [CitationRef removed]. Obtaining and using the blood of the Tanzanian schoolchildren was approved by the Ethical Committee of the University of Neuchâtel, the Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, the Medical Research Coordination Committee (MRCC) of the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) and the Tanzanian Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH). Parents were invited to attend a sensitization meeting at the school premises. The children as well as their parents and teachers were informed about the project, and those who were interested to participate were given an informed consent form. The parents had to read and sign the form in order to allow us to enroll their children in the study.
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