About the Authors

David K. Dosoo

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Kingsley Kayan

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Dennis Adu-Gyasi

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Evans Kwara

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Josephine Ocran

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Kingsley Osei-Kwakye

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Emmanuel Mahama

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Stephen Amenga-Etego

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Philip Bilson

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Kwaku P. Asante

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Kwadwo A. Koram

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Seth Owusu-Agyei

seth.owusu-agyei@kintampo-hrc.org

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DKD KPA KOK JO KAK SOA. Performed the experiments: DKD KK DAG. Analyzed the data: DKD SAE EM. Wrote the paper: DKD KPA KAK SOA. Data collection: DKA KK PB KOK EK. Revised and approved final version of manuscript: DKD KK DAG EK JO KOK EM SAE PB KPA KAK SOA.