Alemayehu, Wondwossen A.
Neri, S.
Dalebout, S.
Nalikungwi, R.
Trusov, A.
Ahmed, E.
Dimba, A.
Weirich, A.
Curry, P. S.
Kelly-Cirino, C. D.
Article History
Received: 29 January 2019
Accepted: 7 May 2019
First Online: 16 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Study participants were informed about the purpose, process, and possible outcomes of the study by the health workers collecting the sputum samples. Anticipating most of the study participants or care givers may not have the literacy level to read and provide written consent, informed verbal consent was sought from all study participants for consistency purpose. For children under 18 years old, consent was obtained from their parents or guardians accompanying them after they were informed about the study by the health workers in the facility. There was no personal identifier in the data collection tool except the sample unique identification code. Any data obtained from the study participant was not shared or disclosed in a manner that breaches confidentiality. Project HOPE has got prior ethical clearance from National Health Sciences Research Committee (NHSRC) to conduct the study.
: Since there are no individual images or clinical data with personal identifier consent for publication is not applicable.
: DNA Genotek provided financial support to Project HOPE - Malawi in the form of reimbursement for consumables and reagents used during the study. A. Weirich, P.S. Curry and C.D. Kelly-Cirino were employed by DNA Genotek during the course of the study.
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