[1
]Department of Chemical Sciences, Anchor University, Lagos, Nigeria
[2
]Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health
Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
[3
]Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos,
Nigeria
[4
]Department of Pure and Applied Biology (Microbiology Unit), Ladoke Akintola University
of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
[5
]Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
[6
]Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Fountain
University, Osogbo, Nigeria
[7
]Department of Medical Microbiology, Clinical Virology unit, University of Ghana Medical
School, Accra, Ghana
[8
]Department of Virology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
[9
]Department of Microbiology, Faculty of life sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
[10
]Department of Microbiology, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Bioinformatics,
Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria
[11
]Division of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University
of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield Pretoria 0028, South Africa
[12
]Department of Animal Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa
State, Nigeria
[13
]Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
[14
]Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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