About the Authors

Christian Obirikorang

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

krisobiri@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, Global Health and Infectious Disease, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana

Evans Asamoah Adu

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

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, Global Health and Infectious Disease, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana

Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, Global Health and Infectious Disease, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana

Samuel Nkansah Darko

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

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana

Frank Naku Ghartey

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

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Samuel Ametepe

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

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, Ghana

Eric N. Y. Nyarko

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

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Enoch Odame Anto

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

Affiliations Department of Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Centre for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia

William Kwame Boakye Ansah Owiredu

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.