About the Authors

Omorilewa B. Ebunoluwa

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

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Adebayo J. Bello

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current Address: School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, Nigeria

Rukayat O. Ayorinde

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

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, Nigeria

Nneka Onyejepu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Joseph O. Shaibu

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

Affiliation Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Adeniyi R. Adewole

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

Affiliation Chevron Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Abeebat O. Adewole

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

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Olusegun A. Adedeji

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

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, Nigeria

Ololade O. Akinnusi

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing and Community Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Olajumoke B. Oladapo

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

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Temitope S. Popoola

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Oluwamodupe M. Arotiba

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chevron Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Joseph B. Minari

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Luqman A. Adams

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Joy Okpuzor

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Mujeeb O. Shittu

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mujeebsh@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Science, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The State University of New York (SUNY), University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.