About the Authors

Ulrich Membe Femoe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, UR 7292, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, Centre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Hermine Boukeng Jatsa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, 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

Valentin Greigert

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, UR 7292, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Julie Brunet

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, UR 7292, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Catherine Cannet

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

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

Mérimé Christian Kenfack

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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, Methodology

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

Joseph Bertin Kadji Fassi

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

Emilenne Tienga Nkondo

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, UR 7292, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Alexander Wilhelm Pfaff

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, UR 7292, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Théophile Dimo

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization

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

Pierre Kamtchouing

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation, Visualization

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, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.