About the Authors

Rousseau Djouaka

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation The AgroEcoHealth Platform, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Bénin

Francis Zeukeng

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

zeusfranck07@yahoo.com

Affiliations The AgroEcoHealth Platform, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Bénin, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Jude Daiga Bigoga

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Solange E. Kakou-Ngazoa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Technics and Technology, Platform of Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Romaric Akoton

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations The AgroEcoHealth Platform, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Bénin, University of Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Science and Technics, Calavi, Benin

Genevieve Tchigossou

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations The AgroEcoHealth Platform, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Bénin, University of Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Science and Technics, Calavi, Benin

David N’golo Coulibaly

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Technics and Technology, Platform of Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Sodjinin Jean-Eudes Tchebe

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Science and Technics, Calavi, Benin

Sylla Aboubacar

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Technics and Technology, Platform of Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Clavella Nantcho Nguepdjo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Eric Tossou

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations The AgroEcoHealth Platform, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Bénin, University of Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Science and Technics, Calavi, Benin

Razack Adeoti

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation The AgroEcoHealth Platform, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Bénin

Thèrèse Marie Ngo Nsonga

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Akonolinga District Hospital, Akonolinga, Cameroon

Yao Akpo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Laboratory of Ecology, Health and Animal Production (LESPA), Parakou, Bénin

Innocent Djegbe

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation The AgroEcoHealth Platform, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Bénin

Manuele Tamo

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The AgroEcoHealth Platform, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cotonou, Bénin

Wilfred Fon Mbacham

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Anthony Ablordey

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.