About the Authors

Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem

Contributed equally to this work with: Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem, Mohammed Baba Abdulkadir, Rasaki Aliu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ibraheem.rm@unilorin.edu.ng

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Ilorin and University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Mohammed Baba Abdulkadir

Contributed equally to this work with: Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem, Mohammed Baba Abdulkadir, Rasaki Aliu

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

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Ilorin and University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Rasaki Aliu

Contributed equally to this work with: Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem, Mohammed Baba Abdulkadir, Rasaki Aliu

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

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Gombe State University & Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria

Amudalat Issa

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

‡ AI, ORI, AOB, FIA, IPO, YTO and DCB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Children Specialist Hospital Centre-igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Olayinka Rashid Ibrahim

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ AI, ORI, AOB, FIA, IPO, YTO and DCB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre Katsina, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria

Abdulafeez Oyesola Bello

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ AI, ORI, AOB, FIA, IPO, YTO and DCB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre Bida, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria

Fatima Ishaq Abubakar

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ AI, ORI, AOB, FIA, IPO, YTO and DCB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Iso Precious Oloyede

Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ AI, ORI, AOB, FIA, IPO, YTO and DCB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Uyo and University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Yetunde Toyin Olasinde

Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ AI, ORI, AOB, FIA, IPO, YTO and DCB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria

Datonye Christopher Briggs

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ AI, ORI, AOB, FIA, IPO, YTO and DCB also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria

Muhammad Faruk Bashir

Roles Data curation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Qasim Olakunle Salau

Roles Data curation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre Owo, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Bilkisu Ilah Garba

Roles Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Hafsat Abolore Ameen

Roles Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Ilorin and University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria

Mohammed Bello Suleiman

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre Katsina, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria

Temitayo Olubunmi Bewaji

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre Owo, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Hassan Kamiludeen Shina

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Gombe State University & Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.