About the Authors

Monika R. Asnani

monika.parshadasnani@uwimona.edu.jm

Affiliation Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Affette M. McCaw-Binns

Affiliation Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Marvin E. Reid

Affiliation Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA AM MR. Performed the experiments: MA AM MR. Analyzed the data: MA AM MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA AM MR. Wrote the paper: MA AM MR. Approved the final manuscript: MA AM MR.