About the Authors

Enoch Odame Anto

Contributed equally to this work with: Enoch Odame Anto, William K. B. A. Owiredu, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Cornelius Archer Turpin

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

odameenoch@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa, School of Medical and Health Sciences (SMHS), Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Western Australia, Australia

William K. B. A. Owiredu

Contributed equally to this work with: Enoch Odame Anto, William K. B. A. Owiredu, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Cornelius Archer Turpin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa

Samuel Asamoah Sakyi

Contributed equally to this work with: Enoch Odame Anto, William K. B. A. Owiredu, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Cornelius Archer Turpin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa

Cornelius Archer Turpin

Contributed equally to this work with: Enoch Odame Anto, William K. B. A. Owiredu, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Cornelius Archer Turpin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, West-Africa

Richard K. D. Ephraim

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa

Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa

Christian Obirikorang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa

Eric Adua

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Medical and Health Sciences (SMHS), Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Emmanuel Acheampong

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.