About the Authors

Fred Stephen Sarfo

stephensarfo78@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Maame Anima Sarfo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Betty Norman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Richard Phillips

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

David Chadwick

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Infection, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FSS DC. Performed the experiments: FSS MAS BN RP DC. Analyzed the data: FSS DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FSS RP MAS DC. Wrote the paper: FSS DC.