About the Authors

Hyacinth I. Hyacinth

hhyacinth@msm.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Oluwatoyosi A. Adekeye

Affiliation National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joy N. Ibeh

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Tolulope Osoba

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HIH JI TO. Performed the experiments: HIH JI. Analyzed the data: HIH TO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HIH OA TO. Wrote the paper: HIH OA. Critical review of manuscript: HIH OA JI TO.