About the Authors

Abigail Agbanyo

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

Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Michael Ntiamoah Oppong

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

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Ruth Dede Tuwor

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Pius Takyi

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Felix Wireko

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Philemon Boasiako Antwi

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Dzifa Kofi Ahiatrogah

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

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Aloysius Dzigbordi Loglo

Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Bernadette Agbavor

Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Alex Owusu-Ofori

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

Affiliations School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Richard Odame Phillips

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

Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Yaw Ampem Amoako

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

yamoako2002@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.