About the Authors

Nuwan Gunawardhana

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

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Kendall Baecher

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

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Alexander Boutwell

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

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Seraphine Pekwarake

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cameroon Health Initiative at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (CHI UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Mirabelle Kifem

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cameroon Health Initiative at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (CHI UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Mary Glory Ngong

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cameroon Health Initiative at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (CHI UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Anthony Fondzeyuf

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cameroon Health Initiative at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (CHI UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Gregory Halle-Ekane

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Rahel Mbah

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cameroon Health Initiative at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (CHI UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Pius Tih

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Cameroon Health Initiative at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (CHI UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jodie Dionne-Odom

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

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Denis M. Tebit

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

Demate10@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa, Global Biomed Laboratories Inc., Lynchburg, VA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.