Shaffer, Jeffrey G.
Touré, Mahamoudou B.
Sogoba, Nafomon
Doumbia, Seydou O.
Gomis, Jules F.
Ndiaye, Mouhamadou
Ndiaye, Daouda
Diarra, Ayouba
Abubakar, Ismaela
Ahmad, Abdullahi
Affara, Muna
Nwakanma, Davis
Lukowski, Mary
Welty, James C.
Mather, Frances J.
Keating, Joseph
Krogstad, Donald J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7972-9667
Funding for this research was provided by:
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI 089696)
NIH (AI 129387)
NIH (U2R TW010673)
Department of State (Fulbright Scholar Award)
Article History
Received: 23 August 2019
Accepted: 8 December 2019
First Online: 21 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approvals were obtained from the National Institutes of Health (NIAID) and from the IRBs of the University of the Sciences, Techniques and Technology in Bamako (FWA00001769), the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar (FWA00002691), the National Gambian IRB in The Gambia (FWA00006873) and the Tulane University IRB (FWA00002055) before patients were enrolled and participated in this study.
: Consent for publication of study data which do not identify specific individuals was granted by each participant when they enrolled in this longitudinal cohort study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.