About the Authors

Alex K. Owusu-Ofori

owusu_ofori@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, Disease Control Strategy Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Imelda Bates

Affiliation Disease Control Strategy Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AOO IB. Performed the experiments: AOO. Analyzed the data: AOO IB. Wrote the paper: AOO IB.