About the Authors

Khalid Hajissa

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

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman, Sudan

Md Asiful Islam

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Haematology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia

Abdoulie M. Sanyang

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratories, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul, The Gambia

Zeehaida Mohamed

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

zeehaida@usm.my

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia, Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.