Preliminary validation of the use of IgG antibody response to Anopheles gSG6-p1 salivary peptide to assess human exposure to malaria vector bites in two endemic areas of Cameroon in Central Africa

• Glwadys Cheteug ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Glwadys Cheteug, Emmanuel Elanga-Ndille

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malaria Research Unit, Centre Pasteur Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Emmanuel Elanga-Ndille ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Glwadys Cheteug, Emmanuel Elanga-Ndille

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

  Affiliation Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, Yaounde, Cameroon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8977-6993

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• Christiane Donkeu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malaria Research Unit, Centre Pasteur Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon

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• Wolfgang Ekoko,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Parasitology and Entomology Research Unit, Department of Animal Biology and Organisms, Faculty of Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

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• Martine Oloume,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of hematology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Estelle Essangui,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malaria Research Unit, Centre Pasteur Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon, Parasitology and Entomology Research Unit, Department of Animal Biology and Organisms, Faculty of Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

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• Philippe Nwane,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Sandrine Eveline NSango,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malaria Research Unit, Centre Pasteur Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon, Laboratory of Parasitology, Mycology and Virology, Postgraduate Training Unit for Health Sciences, Postgraduate School for Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

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• Josiane Etang,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Central, Yaounde, Cameroon

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• Samuel Wanji,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Lawrence Ayong,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Research Unit, Centre Pasteur Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon

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• Carole Else Eboumbou Moukoko

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

  * E-mail: elsecarole@yahoo.fr, eboumbou@pasteur-yaounde.org

  Affiliations Malaria Research Unit, Centre Pasteur Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon, Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, Laboratory of Parasitology, Mycology and Virology, Postgraduate Training Unit for Health Sciences, Postgraduate School for Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3252-6552

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