About the Authors

Sorelle Mekachie Sandie

Contributed equally to this work with: Sorelle Mekachie Sandie, Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

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

sandiesorelle2@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele

Contributed equally to this work with: Sorelle Mekachie Sandie, Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliations Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Martin Mih Tasah

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

Contributed equally to this work with: Sorelle Mekachie Sandie, Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliations Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.