About the Authors

Albert Eisenbarth

Affiliations Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Department of Comparative Zoology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Programme Onchocercoses field station of the University of Tübingen, Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

Mbunkah Daniel Achukwi

Affiliation Veterinary research laboratory, Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Wakwa Regional Centre, Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

Alfons Renz

alfons.renz@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Department of Comparative Zoology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR AE MDA. Performed the experiments: AE AR. Analyzed the data: AE AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR MDA. Wrote the paper: AE AR MDA.