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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe NeuroCM study was approved by the «Comité National d’Ethique pour la Recherche en santé of Benin» (n°67/MS/DC/SGM/DRFMT/CNERS/SA; 10/17/2017) and by the «Comité consultatif de déontologie et d’éthique of Institut de Recherche pour le Développement» (IRD; 10/24/2017). Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or guardians of all study participants. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by a grant from the French National Research Agency (ANR-17-CE17-0001), including a PhD grant for Jade Royo. Bertin Vianou received a PHD grant called Research grant for a thesis in the South (ARTS) from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement France (IRD)."