About the Authors

Samuel Wanji

swanji@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia, Abdel Jelil Njouendou

Affiliations Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory of Parasitology and Ecology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaounde, Cameroon

Benjamin Koudou

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (incorporating the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Abdel Jelil Njouendou

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia, Abdel Jelil Njouendou

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Patrick W. Chounna Ndongmo

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Jonas A. Kengne-Ouafo

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Fabrice R. Datchoua-Poutcheu

Affiliation Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Bridget Adzemye Fovennso

Affiliation Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Dizzle Bita Tayong

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Fanny Fri Fombad

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Peter U. Fischer

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Peter I. Enyong

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Moses Bockarie

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (incorporating the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW MB PUF. Performed the experiments: SW NAA AJN BK PWCN JAKO FRDP BAF DBT FFF PIE. Analyzed the data: SW NAA AJN FRDP BAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW MB BK. Wrote the paper: SW NAA AJN BK PWCN JAKO FRDP BAF DBT FFF PIE PUF MB.