About the Authors

Abdulrazaq G. Habib

abdulrazaq_habib@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Infectious & Tropical Diseases Unit, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

Mohammed Lamorde

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Mahmood M. Dalhat

Affiliation Infectious & Tropical Diseases Unit, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

Zaiyad G. Habib

Affiliation Infectious & Tropical Diseases Unit, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

Andreas Kuznik

Affiliations Infectious & Tropical Diseases Unit, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGH ML MMD ZGH AK. Performed the experiments: AGH ML AK. Analyzed the data: AGH ML MMD ZGH AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGH. Wrote the paper: AGH ML MMD ZGH AK.