About the Authors

Benjamin Ahenkorah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Biochemistry and Hematology Units, Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, Bolgatanga-Upper East Region, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medical and Health Science, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Kwabena Nsiah

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Peter Baffoe

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation United Nations Children’s Fund, Accra, Ghana

Winfred Ofosu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Charles Gyasi

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Eddie-Williams Owiredu

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

eddiewilliams.owiredu@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.