About the Authors

Deborah Pratt

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Yaw Awuku Larbi

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

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Magdalene Ofori

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Bright Agbodzi

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

Affiliations Naval Medical Unit EURAFCENT, Accra, Ghana, University of Florida Genetics Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jessica Wiley

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation PathoSeq Bio LLC, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ama O. A. Mante

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Selassie Kumordjie

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliations Naval Medical Unit EURAFCENT, Accra, Ghana, Parasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Miriam Eshun

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Stella Bour

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Nancy Enimil

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Juliana N. D. Acquah-Amaning

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Prince Ketorwoley

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Maame S. Boapea

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

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

David D. Nutakor

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Musah Salisu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Gertrude Stephens

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Emmanuel A. Boateng

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Tracy Adjandeh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Joel Koomson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Dennis Laryea

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health Division, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana

Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe

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

Affiliation Public Health Division, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana

Patrick Kuma-Aboagye

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health Division, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana

Patrick Mawupemor Avevor

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Country Office Accra, World Health Organization, Accra, Ghana

Argata G. Guracha

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Country Office Accra, World Health Organization, Accra, Ghana

Sally-Ann Ohene

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Country Office Accra, World Health Organization, Accra, Ghana

Terrel Sanders

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Naval Medical Unit EURAFCENT, Accra, Ghana

Michael Wiley

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

Affiliations Naval Medical Unit EURAFCENT, Accra, Ghana, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney

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

kbonney@noguchi.ug.edu.gh

Affiliation Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.