About the Authors

Osei Owusu-Afriyie

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ooafriyie@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

W. K. B. A. Owiredu

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Kwabena Owusu-Danquah

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical laboratory technology, Faculty of Allied Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Rita Larsen-Reindorf

Roles Data curation, Supervision

Affiliation Directorate of Dental, Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Peter Donkor

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

Emmanuel Acheampong

Roles Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Solomon E. Quayson

Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.