About the Authors

Muyiwa S. Adegbaju

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Oluwabuyikunmi Owo-Odusi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Eden T. Wirtz

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America

Olanrewaju B. Morenikeji

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America

Olusola Ojurongbe

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Nigeria, Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (CERID), Humboldt-Bayer Foundation Research Hub, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Nigeria

Bolaji N. Thomas

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bntsbi@rit.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (CERID), Humboldt-Bayer Foundation Research Hub, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The Authors have declared that no competing interests exists.