About the Authors

Gabriel Abbam

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, University Clinic Laboratory, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

Samuel Tandoh

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation University Clinic Laboratory, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

Mary Tetteh

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

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

David Amoah Afrifah

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

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

Max Efui Annani-Akollor

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Eddie-Williams Owiredu

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Charles Gyasi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

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

Constance Adu-Gyamfi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

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

Benedict Sackey

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Alexander Yaw Debrah

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Otchere Addai-Mensah

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.