About the Authors

Aloysius Dzigbordi Loglo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microbes, Infection & Immunity, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Philemon Boasiako Antwi

Roles Investigation

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

Kabiru Mohammed Abass

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana

Samuel Osei-Mireku

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana

George Amofa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Dunkwa Government Hospital, Dunkwa, Ghana

Elizabeth Ofori

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Tepa Government Hospital, Tepa, Ghana

Jonathan Kofi Adjei

Roles Investigation

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

Michael Ntiamoah Oppong

Roles Investigation

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

Richard Odame Phillips

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

Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Reginald Annan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Barbara Engel

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Rachel E. Simmonds

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rachel.simmonds@surrey.ac.uk

Affiliation Microbes, Infection & Immunity, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.