About the Authors

El Hadji Malick Ndour

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

elhadjimalickndour@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal, Albert Royer National University Hospital of Children, Dakar, Senegal

Khuthala Mnika

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service, and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Fatou Guèye Tall

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal, Albert Royer National University Hospital of Children, Dakar, Senegal

Moussa Seck

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Center of Blood Transfusion, Dakar, Senegal

Indou Dème Ly

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Albert Royer National University Hospital of Children, Dakar, Senegal

Victoria Nembaware

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Gaston Kuzamunu Mazandu

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

Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Hélène Ange Thérèse Sagna Bassène

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Albert Royer National University Hospital of Children, Dakar, Senegal

Rokhaya Dione

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Albert Royer National University Hospital of Children, Dakar, Senegal

Aliou Abdoulaye Ndongo

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Dantec National University Hospital, Dakar, Senegal

Jean Pascal Demba Diop

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Nènè Oumou Kesso Barry

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Moustapha Djité

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Rokhaya Ndiaye Diallo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Papa Madièye Guèye

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Saliou Diop

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Center of Blood Transfusion, Dakar, Senegal

Ibrahima Diagne

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaston Berger University, Saint-Louis, Senegal

Aynina Cissé

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Ambroise Wonkam

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, McKusick-Nathans Institute and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Philomène Lopez Sall

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal, Albert Royer National University Hospital of Children, Dakar, Senegal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.