About the Authors

Hervé Monka Lekuya

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

lekuya.monka@mak.ac.ug

Affiliations Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Neurosurgery/Human Structure & Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

David Patrick Kateete

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Geofrey Olweny

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Edgar Kigozi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Larrey Kasereka Kamabu

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Safari Paterne Mudekereza

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculté of Médecine, Neurosurgery Unit, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, DRC

Rose Nantambi

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

Affiliation Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Ronald Mbiine

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Fredrick Makumbi

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Stephen Cose

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Entebbe, Uganda

Jelle Vandersteene

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery/Human Structure & Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Edward Baert

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery/Human Structure & Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Jean-Pierre Okito Kalala

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

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery/Human Structure & Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Moses Galukande

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.