Aung, Poe Poe http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9404-4423
Han, Kay Thwe
Groot, Wim
Biesma, Regien
Thein, Zaw Win
Htay, Thura
Lin, Zaw
Aye, Kyin Hla
Adams, Matthew
Pavlova, Milena
Funding for this research was provided by:
Center for Global Health and National Institute of Health (NIH/NIAID 1P30AI094189-01A1)
Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research
Article History
Received: 8 August 2023
Accepted: 5 January 2024
First Online: 8 March 2024
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board of the Department of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar, approved the study protocol (61/Ethics—2015) and the Institutional Review Board of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA, also approved the study (HCR-HP-00059798–2). Written informed consent was obtained from all pregnant women enrolled in the study. Guardians consent was taken for those who were minors (aged < 18 years). Thumb-printed consent was secured from illiterate women with a literate witness. A separate biological sample collection consent was obtained for collection blood and stool samples from the women. Women had right to withdrawal from the study at any time. Data were analyzed and presented anonymously.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The funders had no role in designing the study, data collection, analysis and interpretation of the findings, decision to publish, or manuscript writing. The data have been presented as a poster (#1581) at the 64th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.