About the Authors

Nura Hamidu Alkali

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

nalkali@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Andrew Enemako Uloko

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

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Godwin O. Osaigbovo

Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

Adamu Girei Bakari

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Mohammed Raji Bello

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Maria Ahuoiza Garba

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

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Garba Musa Fika

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Yobe State University Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria

Abubakar Sahabi Muhammad

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Muhammad Arabi Saad

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Vandi Ghyi Zira

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Umar Faruk Abdullahi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Ayuba Mugana

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

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Ijuptil Chiroma

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

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

Ibrahim Abdullahi Haladu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Lumsami Shadrach

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Usman Adamu Nuhu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Godiya Ishaya Dare

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.