Kojom Foko, Loick Pradel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4286-147X
Jakhan, Jahnvi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9443-558X
Tamang, Suman http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2892-2862
Hawadak, Joseph http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9953
Kouemo Motse, Francine Dorgelesse http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8676-8576
Singh, Vineeta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-7394
Article History
Received: 24 April 2023
Accepted: 13 October 2023
First Online: 15 November 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Approvals were sought from ethical committee of Delegation of Public Health in Littoral, North, and Far North regions, Ministry of Public Health, Cameroon (No 2596/AS/MINSANTE/DRSPL/BCASS, N° 1623/MINSANTE/DRSPN/PNLP/CR, and 0887/MINSANTE/DRSPEN/CR/PNLP/CR) to collect samples in each health facility (Pette district hospital, Mayo-Oulo district hospital, Laboratoire Sainte Thérèse, and Maroua District hospital). The study was also approved by institutional ethics committee of ICMR-NIMR, New Delhi, India (N° PHB/NIMR/EC/2020/55). All patients signed an informed consent form and in case of minors it was signed by a parent and/or legal guardian for study participation. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. For children and minors, informed consent was obtained from parents or legal guardians.
: The participant has consented to the submission of the short communication to the journal.