About the Authors

Alice Charwudzi

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

a.charwudzi@uccsms.edu.gh

Affiliation Department of Haematology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Edward Morkporkpor Adela

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory Department, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana, Blood Bank, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

Kingsley Kwadwo Asare Pereko

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Martin Ampofo

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Blood Bank, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

Aaron Fenuku

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Haematology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Daniel Edem Azumah

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory Department, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

Abdul Raman Asemah

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Edward Ahiakwah

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory Department, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

Angela Animwaah Osei

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory Department, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

Emmanuel Kobina Mesi Edzie

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.