About the Authors

Atem Bethel Ajong

Contributed equally to this work with: Atem Bethel Ajong, Phelix Bruno Telefo

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

christrah@yahoo.fr (ABA); bphelix@yahoo.co.uk (PBT)

Affiliations Kekem District Hospital, Kekem, West Region, Cameroon, Department of Biochemistry, University of Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon

Bruno Kenfack

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ BK, IMA, MNY, UPO, FNM and LA also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics / Gynaecology and Maternal Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon

Innocent Mbulli Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ BK, IMA, MNY, UPO, FNM and LA also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon

Martin Ndinakie Yakum

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

‡ BK, IMA, MNY, UPO, FNM and LA also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Kesmonds International University, Bamenda, Cameroon

Ukaogo Prince Onydinma

Roles Investigation, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ BK, IMA, MNY, UPO, FNM and LA also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria

Fulbert Nkwele Mangala

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ BK, IMA, MNY, UPO, FNM and LA also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Maternity Unit, Nkongsamba Regional Hospital, Nkongsamba, Littoral Region, Cameroon

Loai Aljerf

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

‡ BK, IMA, MNY, UPO, FNM and LA also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, The Syrian Arab Republic, Key Laboratory of Organic Industries, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Damascus University, Damascus, The Syrian Arab Republic

Phelix Bruno Telefo

Contributed equally to this work with: Atem Bethel Ajong, Phelix Bruno Telefo

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

christrah@yahoo.fr (ABA); bphelix@yahoo.co.uk (PBT)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.