About the Authors

Emmanuel Quansah

T.K.Karikari@warwick.ac.uk (TKK); quansahmanuel@gmail.com (EQ)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biological Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, United Kingdom

Lilian Akorfa Ohene

Affiliations Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, United Kingdom, Department of Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Linda Norman

Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Michael Osei Mireku

Affiliations Département Méthodes Quantitatives en Santé Publique (METIS), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santeé Publique, Rennes, France, Ecole Doctorale Pierre Louis de Santeé Publique, Universiteé Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC- Paris VI), Paris, France, Meère et Enfant Face aux Infections Tropicales, Institut de Recherche pour le Deéveloppement (IRD), Paris, France

Thomas K. Karikari

T.K.Karikari@warwick.ac.uk (TKK); quansahmanuel@gmail.com (EQ)

Affiliations Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, Uunited Kingdom, Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EQ TKK. Performed the experiments: EQ LAO LN TKK. Analyzed the data: EQ TKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EQ TKK MOM. Wrote the paper: EQ TKK MOM.