About the Authors

Lontum B. Ndzeshang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Fanny F. Fombad

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Abdel J. Njouendou

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Valerine C. Chunda

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Narcisse V.T. Gandjui

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Desmond N. Akumtoh

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Patrick W.N. Chounna

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Andrew Steven

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Nicolas P. Pionnier

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Laura E. Layland

Roles Resources

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site, Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany

Manuel Ritter

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Achim Hoerauf

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site, Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany

Mark J. Taylor

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Joseph D. Turner

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Joseph.turner@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Samuel Wanji

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.