Harnessing Schistosoma-associated metabolite changes in the human host to identify biomarkers of infection and morbidity: Where are we and what should we do next?

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Justin Komguep Nono

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

  * E-mail: 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6153-9729

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