About the Authors

AbdulAzeez A. Anjorin

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology (Virology Research), Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria

Ismail A. Odetokun

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

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Ajibola I. Abioye

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

Affiliation Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hager Elnadi

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

Affiliation Tours University, Tours, France

Mfon Valencia Umoren

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

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Bamu F. Damaris

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

Affiliation Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Joseph Eyedo

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology (Virology Research), Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria

Haruna I. Umar

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

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Jean B. Nyandwi

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

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Rwanda & Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Gyeongsang, Republic of Korea

Mena M. Abdalla

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

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Minya Health Insurance Hospital, Minya, Egypt

Sodiq O. Tijani

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Idi Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

Kwame S. Awiagah

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

Affiliation Accident and Emergency Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

Gbolahan A. Idowu

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

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria

Sifeuh N. Achille Fabrice

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

Affiliation Health Research Foundation, Buea, Cameroon

Aala M. O. Maisara

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

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hemodialysis Center, Bahre Teaching Hospital, & Faculty of Medicine, International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan

Youssef Razouqi

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

Affiliation Biological Engineering Laboratory, Sultan Moulay Slimane University Beni Mellal, Beni Mellal, Morocco

Zuhal E. Mhgoob

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

Affiliation Department of Public Health & Infection Control, Aljawda Hospital & El Nileen University Community Development College, Khartoum, Sudan

Salim Parker

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

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease & HIV Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Osaretin E. Asowata

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

Affiliation Africa Health Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Ismail O. Adesanya

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

Affiliation US Army Reserve & Hospitalist, BayouCity Physicians, Spring, Texas, United States of America

Maureen A. Obara

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

Affiliation Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Shameem Jaumdally

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

Affiliation University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa

Gatera F. Kitema

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

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, St-Andrews University, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Taofik A. Okuneye

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

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, General Hospital Odan, Lagos, Nigeria

Kennedy M. Mbanzulu

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

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Parasitic and Infectious Diseases, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Hajj Daitoni

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

Affiliation HIV and Malaria Research Unit, Malawi and Islamic Health Association of Malawi, Limbe, Malawi

Ezekiel F. Hallie

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

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia

Rasha Mosbah

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

Affiliations Infection Control Unit, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Ahram Canadian University, 6th of October City, Egypt

Folorunso O. Fasina

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

daydupe2003@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.