About the Authors

Sen Claudine Henriette Ngomtcho

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

ngomtchosen@gmail.com

Affiliations National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMPS), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon, Genomic Surveillance Study Group, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Blaise Mboringong Akenji

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Ketina Hirma Tchio-Nighie

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation M.A. SANTE (Meilleur Accès aux Soins de Santé), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Joseph Fokam

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

Affiliation Chantal Biya International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Etienne Guenou

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Carolle Nsa’Amang Eyebe

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMPS), University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

Yvan Junior Nzegni Kamkoum

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMPS), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Valdex Derick Ntale Tchoffo

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMPS), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Collins Buh Nkum

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation M.A. SANTE (Meilleur Accès aux Soins de Santé), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Hervé Christian Tchoudjin Paho

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Yvette Marie Solange Ebogo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Aude Nanfak

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation M.A. SANTE (Meilleur Accès aux Soins de Santé), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Martin Maidadi-Foudi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Maladies Emergentes et Re-emergentes (CREMER), Yaoundé, Cameroun

Crescence Fouda

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Angyiba Serge Andigema

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMPS), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Lilian Nsah Bongdze-em

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMPS), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Beri Nadin Nfor

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMPS), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Judith Torimiro

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

Affiliation Chantal Biya International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Anne Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division for Operational Health Research (DROS), Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Michel Noubom

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FMPS), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Marie Claire Assoumou Okomo

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Jérôme Ateudjieu

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations M.A. SANTE (Meilleur Accès aux Soins de Santé), Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.