Ocheke, Isaac E.
Kehinde, Bello
Ihekaike, Marcia M.
Aliyu, Asmau O.
Ogbe, Patience B.
Azizi, Michael
Ani, Charles
Chirdan, Lohfa
Article History
Received: 13 February 2026
Accepted: 6 July 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The parents or legal guardians of the children gave written informed consents as well as ascents by older children for appropriate investigations and inclusion into the study. This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.Ethical approval was given by the local institutional research ethics committee (IREC), of the Jos University Teaching Hospital Jos (JUTH)
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.