About the Authors

Elvis Achondou Akomoneh

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

eakomoneh@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon

Seraphine Nkie Esemu

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

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Achah Jerome Kfusi

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Roland N. Ndip

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

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Lucy M. Ndip

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.