About the Authors

Agathe Nkouawa

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, Medical Research Center, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Yasuhito Sako

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Sonoyo Itoh

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Alida Kouojip-Mabou

Affiliation Cité des Palmiers Health District, Douala, Cameroon

Christ Nadège Nganou

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Yasuaki Saijo

Affiliation Division of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Health Science, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Jenny Knapp

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Hiroshi Yamasaki

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Minoru Nakao

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Kazuhiro Nakaya

Affiliation Animal Laboratory for Medical Research, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Roger Moyou-Somo

Affiliations Medical Research Center, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of Parasitology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Akira Ito

akiraito@asahikawa-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMS AI. Performed the experiments: AN YS SI. Analyzed the data: AN YS YS JK AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS SI AKM CNN HY MN KN RMS AI. Wrote the paper: AN YS AI.