Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-9294
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Yaw Asante Awuku: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Joseph Adu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Faustina Pappoe: Role: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Evans Obboh: Role: Data curationRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Paul Nsiah: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Daniel Amoako-Sakyi: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Jacques Simpore: Role: ConceptualizationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Jason Blackard: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
25
January
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0191685
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, University
of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
[2
]
Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medical Sciences, University
of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
[3
]
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, University of
Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
[4
]
Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast,
Cape Coast, Ghana
[5
]
Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics (LABIOGENE), University of Ouagadougou,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-32541
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191685
PMC ID: 5784989
PubMed ID: 29370271
SO-VID: dd4c6822-6918-4adf-b4f5-6dc8b95f3f61
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Funded by: Directorate of Reserch, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), University of Cape Coast,
Ghana
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-9294
Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah
The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Directorate of Research,
Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), University of Cape Coast, Ghana. This agency contributed
financially without making intellectual inputs. They did not contribute to the design,
data collection, analysis not manuscript writing.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical microbiology
Subject:
Microbial pathogens
Subject:
Viral pathogens
Subject:
Hepatitis viruses
Subject:
Hepatitis E virus
Subject:
Medicine and health sciences
Subject:
Pathology and laboratory medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial pathogens
Subject:
Viral pathogens
Subject:
Hepatitis viruses
Subject:
Hepatitis E virus
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Viral pathogens
Subject:
Hepatitis viruses
Subject:
Hepatitis E virus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Women's Health
Subject:
Maternal Health
Subject:
Pregnancy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Women's Health
Subject:
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject:
Pregnancy
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Developmental Biology
Subject:
Neonates
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Ghana
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Subject:
Liver Diseases
Subject:
Liver Disease and Pregnancy
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Natural Resources
Subject:
Water Resources
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Subject:
Transfusion Medicine
Subject:
Blood Transfusion
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Hematology
Subject:
Transfusion Medicine
Subject:
Blood Transfusion
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
RNA viruses
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
