About the Authors

Gillian O. N. Ndhlovu

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

ndhlovunondumiso@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Felix S. Dube

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Rasalika T. Moonsamy

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Avumile Mankahla

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Division of Dermatology, Walter Sisulu University, Umtata, South Africa

Carol Hlela

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Paediatric, Division of Paediatric Allergy, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Michael E. Levin

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Paediatric, Division of Paediatric Allergy, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Nonhlanhla Lunjani

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Paediatric, Division of Paediatric Allergy, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Adebayo O. Shittu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Shima M. Abdulgader

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.