Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Ethical consideration
Ethical clearance for the study was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee (ERC) of Kwara State Ministry of Health with approval number ERC/MOH/2024/01/181 on 5th February, 2024. In addition, a written informed consent was obtained from individual patients/parents/guardians after a clear explanation of the objectives and logistics of the study had been given.
Funding
The authors did not receive financial support from any organization for the submitted work.
Authors’ contributions
MOK and MMS developed the research design and implementation, AOO and MMS performed the calculations and analysis, MOK and MMS contributed to the final version of the manuscript. MOK supervised the project.
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Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the State Ministry of Health for approving my proposal by issuing Ethical approval to carry out this work. The authors would like to thank the laboratory department at Sobi Hospital and Adewoye Cottage hospitals, also our gratitude to Unilorin Central Research Laboratory.
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