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Authors
Chunda, Valerine C.
Ritter, Manuel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8667-2067
Bate, Ayukenchengamba
Gandjui, Narcisse V. T.
Esum, Mathias E.
Fombad, Fanny F.
Njouendou, Abdel J.
Ndongmo, Patrick W. C.
Taylor, Mark J.
Hoerauf, Achim
Layland, Laura E.
Turner, Joseph D.
Wanji, Samuel
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (TAKeOFF)
Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC1023, RI 3036/1-1)
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Article History
Received: 20 August 2019
Accepted: 31 January 2020
First Online: 7 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Animal husbandry and experimental investigations were carried out in strict accordance with international guidelines of rearing animals and using them in medical research under the official authorisation of the Ministry of Scientific Research in Cameroon (Research permit No. 028/MINRESI/B00/C00//C10/C12/2007). Enrolment into the study was done on a strictly voluntary basis and the objectives, risks and benefits of the study were explained in detail to all individuals. Verbal consent to perform the study in the villages was obtained from community leaders, i.e. chiefs and elders of the selected communities and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study was undertaken according to the principles of the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 (as revised 2008). Wildytpe BALB/c and BALB/c RAG2γc<sup>−/−</sup> mice originated from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and bred at the Research Foundation in Tropical Disease and Environment (REFOTDE) in Buea, Cameroon under specific-pathogen-free (SPF) conditions in accordance with Cameroonian animal protection laws (028/MINRESI/B00/C00//C10/C12/2007).
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
