About the Authors

Martin Gael Oyono

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Unit of Immunobiology and helminth infections, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal plant Studies, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Laboratory of Parasitology and Ecology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Sebastien Kenmoe

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Jean Thierry Ebogo Belobo

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

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Leonel Javeres Mbah Ntepe

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, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Mireille Kameni

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Unit of Immunobiology and helminth infections, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal plant Studies, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon

Leonel Meyo Kamguia

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, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Thabo Mpotje

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Justin Komguep Nono

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, 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, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Division of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

JKN is a recipient of a Merck KGaA Global Health Institute research grant. MGO, MK, LJMN and LMK are supported by fellowships through this Merck KGaA research fund to JKN. JKN 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.