About the Authors

Nene Kaah Keneh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

Sebastien Kenmoe

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

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

Arnol Bowo-Ngandji

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Jane-Francis Tatah Kihla Akoachere

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

Hortense Gonsu Kamga

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Yaounde I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Roland Ndip Ndip

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Jean Thierry Ebogo-Belobo

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

Affiliation Center for Research in Health and Priority Pathologies, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies, Yaounde, Cameroon

Cyprien Kengne-Ndé

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

Affiliation Epidemiological Surveillance, Evaluation and Research Unit, National AIDS Control Committee, Douala, Cameroon

Donatien Serge Mbaga

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Nicholas Tendongfor

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Hygiene, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Lucy Mande Ndip

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

Seraphine Nkie Esemu

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

esemu2003@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.