Ajibaye, Olusola http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3888-2366
Osuntoki, Akinniyi A.
Balogun, Emmanuel O.
Olukosi, Yetunde A.
Iwalokun, Bamidele A.
Oyebola, Kolapo M.
Hikosaka, Kenji
Watanabe, Yoh-ichi
Ebiloma, Godwin U.
Kita, Kiyoshi
Amambua-Ngwa, Alfred
Article History
Received: 11 August 2019
Accepted: 26 December 2019
First Online: 6 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval (Ref No: IRB/10/136) to conduct this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos. Permission was obtained from the different health facilities where the study was carried out. All the research participants gave written informed consent, guardian/parental consent and/or accent for participants less than 16 years (children). The adults provided written informed consent and the parents/guardians gave informed consent on behalf of their children/wards. Participants who declined participation were not denied treatment. Generally, the study was conducted in line with the principle of Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) and the 1994 Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: We hereby state that there is no conflict of interest regarding this work. There is no financial or non-financial competing interests.