About the Authors

Joy M. Kabaka

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jmanyasa@gmail.com (JMK); Mireji.paul@gmail.com (POM)

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Ruiru Campus, Nairobi, Kenya

Benson M. Wachira

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya, Department of Chemistry, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Ruiru Campus, Nairobi, Kenya

Clarence M. Mang’era

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Egerton University, Njoro Campus, Egerton, Kenya

Martin K. Rono

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research—Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Ahmed Hassanali

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Ruiru Campus, Nairobi, Kenya

Sylvance O. Okoth

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya

Vincent O. Oduol

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Rosaline W. Macharia

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Grace A. Murilla

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya

Paul O. Mireji

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jmanyasa@gmail.com (JMK); Mireji.paul@gmail.com (POM)

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research—Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.