About the Authors

Richmond Owusu Ateko

Contributed equally to this work with: Richmond Owusu Ateko, Andrew Decker

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

rateko@ug.edu.gh (ROA); smadadey@gmail.com (SMA)

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Andrew Decker

Contributed equally to this work with: Richmond Owusu Ateko, Andrew Decker

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

Affiliation Franklyn Medical Centre, Accra, Ghana

Afua Bontu Adjei

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Samuel Mawuli Adadey

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

rateko@ug.edu.gh (ROA); smadadey@gmail.com (SMA)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Eric Nana Yaw Nyarko

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Nicholas Ekow Thomford

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

Affiliations Division of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Pharmacogenomics and Genomic Medicine Group and Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Medical and Scientific Research Centre, University of Ghana Medical Centre, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.