About the Authors

Joseph Ojonugwa Shaibu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

josephshaibu2013@gmail.com

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Chika K. Onwuamah

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Ayorinde Babatunde James

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Azuka Patrick Okwuraiwe

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Olufemi Samuel Amoo

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Olumuyiwa B. Salu

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology, College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

Fehintola A. Ige

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Gideon Liboro

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Ebenezer Odewale

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Leona Chika Okoli

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Rahaman A. Ahmed

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria

Dominic Achanya

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Adesegun Adesesan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Oyewunmi Abosede Amuda

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Judith Sokei

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Bola A. O. Oyefolu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Virology Research Group, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria

Babatunde Lawal Salako

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Sunday Aremu Omilabu

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology, College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

Rosemary Ajuma Audu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.