About the Authors

Henry Dilonga Meriki

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

merilonga@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, SW Region, Cameroon, BioCollections Worldwide Inc., Regional Office, Buea, SW Region, Cameroon, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, SW Region, Cameroon

Kukwah Anthony Tufon

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

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, SW Region, Cameroon, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, SW Region, Cameroon

Damian Nota Anong

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Pascal Nji Atanga

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

Affiliation Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Service, Mutengene, South West Region, Cameroon

Irene Ane Anyangwe

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Fidelis Cho-Ngwa

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

Affiliation Laboratory Department, Buea Regional Hospital, Buea, SW Region, Cameroon

Theresa Nkuo-Akenji

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: Henry Dilonga Meriki is affiliated to BioCollections Worldwide Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.