About the Authors

Eileen O. Dareng

Contributed equally to this work with: Eileen O. Dareng, Elima Jedy-Agba, Patience Bamisaye, Fatima Isa Modibbo

eod21@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), Abuja, Nigeria

Elima Jedy-Agba

Contributed equally to this work with: Eileen O. Dareng, Elima Jedy-Agba, Patience Bamisaye, Fatima Isa Modibbo

Affiliations Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), Abuja, Nigeria, Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Patience Bamisaye

Contributed equally to this work with: Eileen O. Dareng, Elima Jedy-Agba, Patience Bamisaye, Fatima Isa Modibbo

Affiliations Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), Abuja, Nigeria, Department of Nursing Services, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

Fatima Isa Modibbo

Contributed equally to this work with: Eileen O. Dareng, Elima Jedy-Agba, Patience Bamisaye, Fatima Isa Modibbo

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

Lawal O. Oyeneyin

Affiliation Mother and Child Hospital Ondo, Ondo, Nigeria

Ayodele S. Adewole

Affiliation Mother and Child Hospital Ondo, Ondo, Nigeria

Olayinka B. Olaniyan

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

Patrick S. Dakum

Affiliation Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), Abuja, Nigeria

Paul D. Pharoah

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Clement A. Adebamowo

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health; Institute of Human Virology and Greenebaum Cancer Centre, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EOD EJA PB FIM CAA. Performed the experiments: EOD EJA PB FIM LOO ASA OBO. Analyzed the data: EOD CAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSD CAA. Wrote the paper: EOD EJA PB FIM. Revising critically for intellectual content: PDP CAA. Contributions to interpretation of the data: PDP CAA.