About the Authors

Ryman Shoko

shoko.ryman@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Natural Science and Mathematics, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Justen Manasa

Affiliation African Institute of Biomedical Science & Technology, Harare, Zimbabwe

Mcebisi Maphosa

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Science, School of Agricultural Sciences, Lupane State University, Lupane, Zimbabwe

Joshua Mbanga

Affiliation Department of Applied Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Reagan Mudziwapasi

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Science, School of Agricultural Sciences, Lupane State University, Lupane, Zimbabwe

Victoria Nembaware

Affiliation Computational Biology Division, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Walter T. Sanyika

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Tawanda Tinago

Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Natural Science and Mathematics, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Zedias Chikwambi

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Cephas Mawere

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, School of Industrial Science and Technology, Harare Institute of Technology, Harare, Zimbabwe

Alice Matimba

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Grace Mugumbate

‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science and Mathematics, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Jonathan Mufandaedza

‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation National Biotechnology Authority, Harare, Zimbabwe

Nicola Mulder

‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Computational Biology Division, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Hugh Patterton

‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.