About the Authors

Courage Gbeze

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gbezecourage@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Akosua Bonsu Karikari

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Samuel Amoako Asirifi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana

Nana Boakye Alahaman

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sociology and Social Work, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Clémence Essé-Diby

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Gloria Ivy Mensah

Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Kennedy Kwasi Addo

Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.