About the Authors

Chikodi Modesta Umeozuru

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

chikodi.umeozuru@gmail.com

Affiliations Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria, African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), Abuja, Nigeria

Aishat Bukola Usman

Contributed equally to this work with: Aishat Bukola Usman, Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), Abuja, Nigeria

Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba

Contributed equally to this work with: Aishat Bukola Usman, Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba

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

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria

Idris Nasir Abdullahi

Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ INA, DJJ, LAL, CCU, and MSB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Doris Japhet John

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ INA, DJJ, LAL, CCU, and MSB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Abuja, Nigeria

Lukman Ademola Lawal

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

‡ INA, DJJ, LAL, CCU, and MSB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Abuja, Nigeria

Charles Chukwudi Uwazie

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ INA, DJJ, LAL, CCU, and MSB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria, African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), Abuja, Nigeria

Muhammad Shakir Balogun

Roles Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ INA, DJJ, LAL, CCU, and MSB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), Abuja, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.