Boursou, Djafsia
Ndjonka, Dieudonné
Eisenbarth, Albert
Manchang, Kingsley
Paguem, Archille
Ngwasiri, Nancy Ngwafu
Vildina, Jacqueline Dikti
Abanda, Babette
Krumkamp, Ralf
van Hoorn, Silke
Renz, Alfons
Achukwi, Mbunkah Daniel
Liebau, Eva
Brattig, Norbert W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
DFG (LI 793/5-1, grant RE 1536/2-1)
Article History
Received: 22 August 2017
Accepted: 24 April 2018
First Online: 2 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We hereby declare that skin samples of cattle containing palpable nodules were collected at the slaughterhouse of Ngaoundéré with the permission of animal Health Authorities of the Adamawa Region in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon. The collection of blood samples from humans and cattle for research purposes was approved by the Ethics Commission of the Medical Board in Hamburg (Germany) and by the ethical committees and health authorities in the respective countries, in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki declaration of 1975, revised 2000.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.