Savassi, Boris A.E.S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3536-160X
Dobigny, Gauthier http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8066-9588
Etougbétché, Jonas R.
Avocegan, Thalasse T.
Quinsou, François T.
Gauthier, Philippe
Ibikounlé, Moudachirou http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3517-1729
Moné, Hélène http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3180-344X
Mouahid, Gabriel http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0332-5081
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministère des Affaires Étrangères
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-17-CE12-0005- 01)
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (student fellow from the SCAC)
Article History
Received: 8 October 2020
Accepted: 21 February 2021
First Online: 9 March 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical permission (No. 119, 17/07/2019/CER-ISBA) was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Institut des Sciences Biomédicales Appliquées, Faculté de Médecine, Université d’Abomey- Calavi, 01BP526, Cotonou, Benin. This study is covered by the official agreement between the Republic of Benin and IRD (06/04/2017) as well as the UAC/IRD convention (30/10/2010). Work on rodents and their parasites is covered by a benefit-sharing protocol (Access and Mutual Benefit Sharing agreement following Nagoya protocol in Benin number 608/DGEFC/DCPRN/PF-APA/SA). All the species that were captured for this paper were classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list category as stable (for the rodents) or at least concern (for the <i>Crocidura</i>) and were neither vulnerable nor endangered.
: The Director of Kessounou school (Pr Jean-Pierre Tokpo) obtained informed consent from the parents of all the schoolchildren who participated in the study and all the schoolchildren were done chemotherapy after the study. Study objectives and protocols were systematically explained to the councilors in order to obtain their formal oral agreement to work within the areas under their responsibility. Oral agreements to enter home were also formally obtained by all inhabitants before setting traps inside their home.
: The authors declare no competing interests.