About the Authors

Jackson M. Muema

Jackson_mbithi@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Steven G. Nyanjom

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

James M. Mutunga

Affiliation Malaria Research Programme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

Sospeter N. Njeru

Current address: Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)-Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Jena, Germany

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kisii University, Kisii, Kenya

Joel L. Bargul

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: J.M. Muema SGN J.M. Mutunga SNN JLB. Data curation: J.M. Muema. Formal analysis: J.M. Muema SNN JLB. Funding acquisition: J.M. Muema. Investigation: J.M. Muema. Methodology: J.M. Muema JLB. Project administration: JLB. Resources: J.M. Muema JLB. Software: J.M. Muema JLB. Supervision: SGN J.M. Mutunga JLB. Validation: J.M. Muema. Visualization: J.M. Muema SGN J.M. Mutunga SNN JLB. Writing – original draft: J.M. Muema. Writing – review & editing: J.M. Muema SGN J.M. Mutunga SNN JLB.