German, Esther L.
Al-Hakim, Bahij
Mitsi, Elena
Pennington, Shaun H.
Gritzfeld, Jenna F.
Hyder-Wright, Angie D.
Banyard, Antonia
Gordon, Stephen B.
Collins, Andrea M.
Ferreira, Daniela M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1035281)
Medical Research Council (MR/K01188X/1)
Article History
Received: 1 November 2017
Accepted: 10 May 2018
First Online: 5 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The samples used for these experiments were taken from volunteers participating in studies approved by the North West-Liverpool East Research Ethics Committee (12/NW/0713 for LRTI and Control groups; 11/NW/0592 for the Healthy group). All studies were conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and informed consent was gained prior to all samples being obtained.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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