Published on in Vol 4 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/50515, first published .

Hussaini Majiya   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Mohammed Aliyu-Paiko   2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Vincent Tochukwu Balogu   1, 2 , PhD ;   Dickson Achimugu Musa   2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Ibrahim Maikudi Salihu   2, 5 , PhD ;   Abdullahi Abubakar Kawu   2, 3, 6 , MSc ;   Ishaku Yakubu Bashir   2, 7 , MSc ;   Aishat Rabiu Sani   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   John Baba   1, 2 , PhD ;   Amina Tako Muhammad   2, 8 , MSc ;   Fatimah Ladidi Jibril   1, 2 , MSc ;   Ezekiel Bala   1, 2 , BSc ;   Nuhu George Obaje   2 , PhD ;   Yahaya Badeggi Aliyu   2, 8 , PhD ;   Ramatu Gogo Muhammad   1, 2 , PhD ;   Hadiza Mohammed   2, 4 , MSc ;   Usman Naji Gimba   2, 5 , PhD ;   Abduljelili Uthman   2, 4 , BSc ;   Hadiza Muhammad Liman   2, 7 , PhD ;   Sule Alfa Alhaji   9 , MD ;   Joseph Kolo James   10 , MD ;   Muhammad Muhammad Makusidi   10 , MD ;   Mohammed Danasabe Isah   9 , MD ;   Ibrahim Abdullahi   2, 6 , PhD ;   Umar Ndagi   3, 9, 11 , PhD ;   Bala Waziri   11 , MD, PhD ;   Chindo Ibrahim Bisallah   1 , MD, PhD ;   Naomi John Dadi-Mamud   2, 5 , PhD ;   Kolo Ibrahim   1, 2 , PhD ;   Abu Kasim Adamu   2, 5 , PhD

1 Department of Microbiology, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

2 Center for Applied Sciences and Technology Research, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

3 Trans-Saharan Disease Research Center, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

4 Department of Biochemistry, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

5 Department of Biology, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

6 Department of Computer Science, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

7 Department of Geography, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

8 Department of Mathematics, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

9 General Hospital, Minna, Nigeria

10 Niger State Ministry of Health, Minna, Nigeria

11 Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Specialised Hospital, Minna, Nigeria

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