About the Authors

Steve Joko

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

stevejoko0@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science of the University of Dschang, Vector Borne Diseases Laboratory of the Research Unit of Biology and Applied Ecology (VBID‑RUBAE), Dschang, Cameroon, Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé, Organisation de Coordination Pour La Lutte Contre Les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (IRY-OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Yacouba Poumachu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé, Organisation de Coordination Pour La Lutte Contre Les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (IRY-OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Rehema Ouko

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

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health, London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Nelly Armanda Kala-Chouakeu

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science of the University of Dschang, Vector Borne Diseases Laboratory of the Research Unit of Biology and Applied Ecology (VBID‑RUBAE), Dschang, Cameroon, Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé, Organisation de Coordination Pour La Lutte Contre Les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (IRY-OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Roland Bamou

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science of the University of Dschang, Vector Borne Diseases Laboratory of the Research Unit of Biology and Applied Ecology (VBID‑RUBAE), Dschang, Cameroon, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of health, Rockville, United States of America

Emmanuel Elanga-Ndillé

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science of the University of Dschang, Vector Borne Diseases Laboratory of the Research Unit of Biology and Applied Ecology (VBID‑RUBAE), Dschang, Cameroon, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Parfait Awono-Ambene

Roles Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé, Organisation de Coordination Pour La Lutte Contre Les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (IRY-OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé, Organisation de Coordination Pour La Lutte Contre Les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (IRY-OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon

Timoléon Tchuinkam

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science of the University of Dschang, Vector Borne Diseases Laboratory of the Research Unit of Biology and Applied Ecology (VBID‑RUBAE), Dschang, Cameroon

Cyrille Ndo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé, Cameroon, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.