About the Authors

James Osei-Yeboah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

jimjoy223@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Ellis Owusu-Dabo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

William K. B. A. Owiredu

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

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

Sylvester Yao Lokpo

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Francis Delali Agode

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

Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana, Laboratory Department, Akatsi South District Hospital, Akatsi, Ghana

Beatrice Bella Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.