About the Authors

Emmanuel O. D Addo-Yobo

Affiliation Department of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Ashley Woodcock

Affiliation North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Adorkor Allotey

Affiliation Department of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Benjamin Baffoe-Bonnie

Affiliation Department of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

David Strachan

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Adnan Custovic

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: adnan.custovic@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

EODAY, AW, DS, and AC contributed to conception, design, analysis, and interpretation of data. EODAY, AW, and AC drafted the article and revised it critically for important intellectual content. EODAY, AW, AA, BBB, and AC contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data. All authors gave final approval of the version to be published. EODAY, AW, and AC are the guarantors.