Tindih Sheltone Heshborne1**, Isaiah Obara5*, Marcello Alessandro4, Akinyi Matindi Mercy2, John Nyambega3, Adinoh Omondi George2
  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Machakos University, Kenya;
  2. Kenya snake venom Research Centre, Institute of Primate Research, Karen Kenya;
  3. Directorate of Research, Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital;
  4. Laboratory of Molecular Virology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
  5. Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitaet Berlin
**Corresponding author: tindih.heshborne@mksu.ac.ke
* Current Affiliations: Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitaet Berlin
NB: The order of the authors does not indicate the level of contributions.