About the Authors

Mireille Kameni

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Unit of Immunobiology and Helminth Infections, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Bamenda, Bambili, North-West Region, Cameroon

Fungai Musaigwa

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Leonel Meyo Kamguia

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Unit of Immunobiology and Helminth Infections, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Severin Donald Kamdem

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Gladice Mbanya

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Unit of Immunobiology and Helminth Infections, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Poppy H. L. Lamberton

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

Affiliations School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Justin Komguep Nono

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

justkoms@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Unit of Immunobiology and Helminth Infections, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Division of Immunology, Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Nono JK is a founding member of JRJ Health, a health-promoting association based in Cameroon. JRJ had no role in the conceptualization, design, analysis of collected data, decision to publish, and preparation of the manuscript. All the remaining authors declare no financial or non-financial competing interests.