About the Authors

Kingsley Osei-Kwakye

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Kwaku Poku Asante

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Emmanuel Mahama

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Stephen Apanga

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Ruth Owusu

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Evans Kwara

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

George Adjei

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Livesy Abokyi

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Enuameh Yeetey

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

David Kwame Dosoo

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Damien Punguyire

Affiliation Kintampo Municipal Hospital, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana

Seth Owusu-Agyei

seth.owusu-agyei@kintampo-hrc.org

Affiliations Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Acceptance of manuscript for publication: KOK SA RO EM EK GA LA EY DKD DP KPA SOA. Conceived and designed the experiments: KOK SA LA KPA SOA RO. Performed the experiments: KOK RO SA EK DP. Analyzed the data: KOK EM KP SOA DKD GA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKD EM GA SOA KOK. Wrote the paper: KOK SA RO EM GA EY DP KPA SOA.