About the Authors

Samuel Ekuban Kobina Acquah

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Ekuban Kobina Acquah, Prince Asare, Emelia Konadu Danso

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

Affiliations Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana, Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Prince Asare

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Ekuban Kobina Acquah, Prince Asare, Emelia Konadu Danso

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

pasare@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (PA); dyeboah-manu@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (DYM)

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Emelia Konadu Danso

Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Ekuban Kobina Acquah, Prince Asare, Emelia Konadu Danso

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Phillip Tetteh

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Amanda Yaa Tetteh

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Daniel Boateng

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Stephen Osei-Wusu

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Theophilus Afum

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Yolanda Isabel Ayamdooh

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Veterinary Services Directorate, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Tamale, Ghana

Eric Agongo Akugre

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Veterinary Services Directorate, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Bolgatanga, Ghana

Omar Abdul Samad

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Veterinary Services Directorate, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Wa, Ghana

Lawrence Quaye

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Kwasi Obiri-Danso

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Richard Kock

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Adwoa Asante-Poku

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

pasare@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (PA); dyeboah-manu@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (DYM)

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.