About the Authors

Genevieve Kwao-Zigah

Contributed equally to this work with: Genevieve Kwao-Zigah, Antoinette Bediako-Bowan

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

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), School of Biological Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Antoinette Bediako-Bowan

Contributed equally to this work with: Genevieve Kwao-Zigah, Antoinette Bediako-Bowan

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana, Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana

Gabriel Atampugre Atampugbire

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

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), School of Biological Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Caleb Koranteng Kwayisi-Darkwah

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

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), School of Biological Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Osbourne Quaye

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), School of Biological Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Gloria Kezia Aryee

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana

Emmanuel Ayitey Tagoe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

eatagoe@ug.edu.gh

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.