About the Authors

Stanislas Elysée Mandeng

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

Affiliations Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY), Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon, Laboratory of General Biology, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Herman Parfait Awono-Ambene

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY), Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Jude D. Bigoga

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory for Vector Biology and control, National Reference Unit for Vector Control, The Biotechnology Center, Nkolbisson-University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Wolfgang Eyisap Ekoko

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY), Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon, Laboratory of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

Jérome Binyang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of General Biology, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Michael Piameu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY), Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon, Ecole des Sciences de la Santé, Université Catholique d’Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Lili Ranaise Mbakop

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY), Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon, Laboratory of General Biology, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Betrand Nono Fesuh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation National Advanced School of Engineering, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Narcisse Mvondo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of General Biology, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Raymond Tabue

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory for Vector Biology and control, National Reference Unit for Vector Control, The Biotechnology Center, Nkolbisson-University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon, Ministry of Public Health, National Malaria Control Programme, Yaounde, Cameroon

Philippe Nwane

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY), Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Rémy Mimpfoundi

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of General Biology, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Jean Claude Toto

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY), Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Immo Kleinschmidt

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

Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London, United Kingdom, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tessa Bellamy Knox

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Abraham Peter Mnzava

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Martin James Donnelly

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Etienne Fondjo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Public Health, National Malaria Control Programme, Yaounde, Cameroon

Josiane Etang

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

josyet2@gmail.com

Affiliations Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY), Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of biological sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.