About the Authors

Chika Kingsley Onwuamah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

chikaonwuamah@yahoo.com

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

Azuka Patrick Okwuraiwe

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Olumuyiwa B. Salu

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Centre for Human & Zoonotic Virology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria

Joseph O. Shaibu

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

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

Nnaemeka Ndodo

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Samuel O. Amoo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Leona C. Okoli

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

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

Fehintola A. Ige

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

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

Rahaman A. Ahmed

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

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

Munir Akinwale Bankole

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lagos State Biosecurity and Biobank Laboratory, Mainland Hospital, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

Judith O. Sokei

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

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

Bamidele Paul Mutiu

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

Affiliation Lagos State Biosecurity and Biobank Laboratory, Mainland Hospital, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

James Ayorinde

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria

Babatunde Akeem Saka

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET), Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria

Celestina Obiekea

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Nwando Mba

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Richard A. Adegbola

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Sunday Omilabu

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

Affiliations Microbiology Department, Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Centre for Human & Zoonotic Virology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria

Chikwe Ihekweazu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Director-General’s Office, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Babatunde Lawal Salako

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Director-General’s Office, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria

Rosemary Audu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.