Solid waste motor tricycle operators in Kumasi, Ghana, harbour respiratory pathogens; a public health threat

• Stephen Yaw Armoh,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Sherihane Aryeetey,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Japhet Senyo Kamasah,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Kennedy Gyau Boahen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Michael Owusu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medical Diagnostics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Augustina Adjei-Boateng,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Waste Management Department, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Olivia Agbenyega,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7684-0215

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• Alexander Kwarteng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Suzanne Hingley-Wilson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• Kwasi Obiri-Danso,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Daniel Ansong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Child Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Augustina Angelina Sylverken

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

  * E-mail: asylverken@knust.edu.gh

  Affiliations Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-914X

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