About the Authors

Joseph Bertin Kadji Fassi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Hermine Boukeng Jatsa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mjatsa@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Ulrich Membe Femoe

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Valentin Greigert

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Julie Brunet

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Catherine Cannet

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratory of Histomorphometry, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Christian Mérimé Kenfack

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Nestor Gipwe Feussom

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Emilienne Tienga Nkondo

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Ahmed Abou-Bacar

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Alexander Wilhelm Pfaff

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

René Kamgang

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

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

Pierre Kamtchouing

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

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

Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté

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

Affiliations Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Laboratory of Parasitology and Ecology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.