Ngwasiri, Ngwafu Nancy
Brattig, Norbert W.
Ndjonka, Dieudonné
Liebau, Eva
Paguem, Archile
Leusder, Dustin
Kingsley, Manchang Tanyi
Eisenbarth, Albert
Renz, Alfons
Daniel, Achukwi Mbunkah
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Li 793/5-1, RE1536/2-2)
Article History
Received: 21 May 2020
Accepted: 7 December 2020
First Online: 6 January 2021
Change Date: 19 April 2021
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02177-3
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research was undertaken within the frame work of the two DFG research projects with more details indicated in the funding sub-heading. All sampling in cattle and humans were undertaken in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki declaration of 1975 revised 2000. From cattle containing palpable nodules, portions of skins were collected at the Ngaoundéré slaughter house. Collection of blood from life animals was done with permission from the animal Health Authorities of the Adamawa Region in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon. The Scientific Directorate of the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Cameroon, approved the study and provided veterinarians for collecting samples. Written informed consent to use the animals in this study was obtained from the owners of the animals when the animals were bought. The immunization of Wistar rats and the collection of blood samples from consenting Ghanaian patients with onchocerciasis was approved by the Ethics Commission of the Medical Board in Hamburg (Germany).
: Not applicable.
: None.