Lakoh, Sulaiman
Yi, Le
Russell, James B.W.
Zhang, Juling
Sevalie, Stephen
Zhao, Yongkun
Kanu, Joseph Sam
Liu, Peng
Conteh, Sarah K.
Williams, Christine Ellen Elleanor
Barrie, Umu
Adekanmbi, Olukemi
Jiba, Darlinda F.
Kamara, Matilda N.
Sesay, Daniel
Deen, Gibrilla F.
Okeibunor, Joseph Chukwudi
Yendewa, George A.
Guo, Xuejun
Firima, Emmanuel
Article History
Received: 30 October 2022
Accepted: 24 October 2023
First Online: 31 October 2023
Declarations
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: The protocol was approved by the Sierra Leone Ethics and Scientific Review Committee of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Government of Sierra Leone, in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations and the Declaration of Helsinki. Before participating in the study, each participant gave written informed consent. If patients were illiterate, the study and consent forms were explained verbally to them and consent was given by legal guardian fingerprinting. Participants who refused to consent were excluded from the study, but this did not affect their management.
: Not applicable.
: E.F. receives his salary from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement (No 801076), through SSPH+ Global PhD Fellowship Programme in Public Health Sciences (GlobalP3HS). G.A.Y. reports salary support from the National Institutes of Health/AIDS Clinical Trials Group under Award Numbers 5UM1AI068636-15, 5UM1AI069501-09 and AI068636(150GYD212), and consultancy fees from Pfizer. All other authors do not have any conflict of interest.