Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ovokeraye H. Oduaran

Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan

Oral Health Initiative, Center for Reproductive and Population Health Studies, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan

Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Allied Health Professions, Blantyre, Malawi

Arox W. Kamng’ona

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Annettee Nakimuli

Department of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Health, Natural Resources and Applied Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia

Lamech M. Mwapagha

African Microbiome Institute, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Mathabatha E. Setati

Department of Medical Diagnostics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Michael Owusu

Computational Biology Division Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, IDM, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Nicola Mulder

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Thulani P. Makhalanyane

School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Thulani P. Makhalanyane

Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Bio-Geo Resources (LR11ES31), Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Sidi Thabet, BiotechPole of Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Ariana, Tunisia

Soumaya Kouidhi