Attram, Naiki
Dela, Helena
Behene, Eric
Kyei, Nicholas N.A.
Ocansey, Karen
Yanney, Jennifer N.
Nyarko, Edward O.
Addo, Kennedy K.
Koram, Kwadwo A.
Fox, Anne
Letizia, Andrew
Sanders, Terrel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) Branch, US (ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1, ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1, ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1, ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1, ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1, ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1, ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1, ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1, ProMIS ID P0028_18_N3_2.1)
Article History
Received: 14 September 2023
Accepted: 1 December 2023
First Online: 13 December 2023
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Noguchi Memorial Institute Institutional Review Board (Ethical code number: 054/11–12, Date of approval: 03/02/2012), 37-Military Hospital Institutional Review Board (Ethical code number: 085/2017, Date of approval: 21/03/2017), and the Naval Medical Research Centre Institutional Review Board (Ethical code number: NAMRU3.2012.0007; Date of approval: 15/05/2018) in compliance with all applicable U.S. federal regulations governing the protection of human subjects.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Commander Andrew Letizia and Lieutenant Commander Sanders are U.S. military service members, while Dr. Naiki Attram is an employee of the U.S. Government. This work was prepared as part of their official duties. Title 17, U.S.C., § 105 provides that copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the U.S. Government. Title 17, U.S.C., § 101 defines a U.S. Government work as work prepared by a military service member or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person’s official duties. The funders had no role in the study design, in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data, in writing the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.