Protocol for the PATHOME study: a cohort study on urban societal development and the ecology of enteric disease transmission among infants, domestic animals and the environment.
Kelly K BakerSheillah SimiyuPhylis BusieneiFanta D GutemaBonphace OkothJohn AgiraChristine S AmondiAbdhalah ZirabaAlexis G KapankaAbisola OsinugaCollins OumaDaniel K SewellSabin GaireInnocent K TumwebazeBlessing MberuPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
The protocols for human subjects' research were approved by Institutional Review Boards at the University of Iowa (ID-202004606) and AMREF Health Africa (ID-ESRC P887/2020), and a national permit was obtained from the Kenya National Commission for Science Technology and Innovation (ID# P/21/8441). The study was registered on Clinicaltrials.gov (Identifier: NCT05322655) and is in pre-results stage. Protocols for research on animals were approved by the University of Iowa Animal Care and Use Committee (ID 0042302).