About the Authors

Derick Nii Mensah Osakunor

osakunor@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Christian Obirikorang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Vincent Fianu

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Sciences and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Isaac Asare

Affiliation Medical Laboratory Department, St. Dominic Catholic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana

Mavis Dakorah

Affiliation Medical Laboratory Department, St. Dominic Catholic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DNMO CO VF. Performed the experiments: DNMO CO VF IA MD. Analyzed the data: DNMO CO VF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DNMO CO VF IA MD. Wrote the paper: DNMO CO VF.