About the Authors

Muhammad Hamza

Affiliation College of Health of Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

Maryam A. Idris

Affiliation College of Health of Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

Musa B. Maiyaki

Affiliation College of Health of Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

Mohammed Lamorde

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Jean-Philippe Chippaux

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Development, Cotonou, Benin Republic and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Pharmacie, Paris, France

David A. Warrell

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Andreas Kuznik

Affiliations College of Health of Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Celgene Corporation, Warren, New Jersey, United States of America

Abdulrazaq G. Habib

abdulrazaq_habib@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation College of Health of Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

Competing Interests

At the time of the analysis, AK was employed by Celgene Corporation, with ownership of stock in Celgene Corporation.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGH AK ML MAI MBM MH DAW JPC. Performed the experiments: AGH AK ML. Analyzed the data: AGH AK ML MAI MBM MH DAW JPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGH AK ML. Wrote the paper: AGH AK ML MAI MBM MH DAW JPC.