About the Authors

Nkiruka Rose Ukibe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria

Solomon Nwabueze Ukibe

Contributed equally to this work with: Solomon Nwabueze Ukibe, Chinedum Charles Onyenekwe, Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Prosthesis and Orthotics, School of Health Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

Obiageli Fidelia Emelumadu

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Depatment of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Anambra, State Nigeria

Chinedum Charles Onyenekwe

Contributed equally to this work with: Solomon Nwabueze Ukibe, Chinedum Charles Onyenekwe, Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria

Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku

Contributed equally to this work with: Solomon Nwabueze Ukibe, Chinedum Charles Onyenekwe, Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical pathology, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria

Anthony Osita Igwegbe

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria

Ifeoma Nwamaka Monago

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Services, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria

Amobi Linus Ilika

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Depatment of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Anambra, State Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.