About the Authors

Estelle Mezajou Mewamba

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology and Entomology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Arnol Auvaker Zebaze Tiofack

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology and Entomology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Cyrille Nguemnang Kamdem

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology and Entomology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Romuald Isaka Kamwa Ngassam

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon

Mureille Carole Tchami Mbagnia

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Parasitology and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Oscar Nyangiri

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Harry Noyes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Genomic Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Hilaire Marcaire Womeni

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Unité de Recherche de Biochimie, des plantes Médicinales, des Sciences alimentaires et Nutrition, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Flobert Njiokou

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Parasitology and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Gustave Simo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gsimoca@yahoo.fr, gustave.simo@univ-dschang.org

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology and Entomology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.