Zofou, Denis
Fombad, Fanny Fri
Gandjui, Narcisse V. T.
Njouendou, Abdel Jelil
Kengne-Ouafo, Arnaud Jonas
Chounna Ndongmo, Patrick W.
Datchoua-Poutcheu, Fabrice R.
Enyong, Peter A.
Bita, Dizzle Tayong
Taylor, Mark J.
Turner, Joseph D.
Wanji, Samuel http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-8366
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grand Challenges BMGF (OPP10867)
Article History
Received: 13 February 2018
Accepted: 16 April 2018
First Online: 2 May 2018
Competing interest
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Baboons (Papio anubis) used as parasite reservoir were handled according to international legislation and guidelines of the Cameroon National Veterinary Laboratory (LANVET, Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industry). The study design as well as different protocols was approved by the REFOTDE Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (RIAEC), with an ethical clearance obtained from this board, and the Cameroon National Ethics Committee (Ministry of Public Health). Handling of the animals and the investigations carried out were done strictly according to the 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 N° 028/MINRESI/B00/C00//C10/C12/2007). The manipulations of the animals were done strictly according to the Animal Welfare Legislation and Policies, complied with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) and its associated codes of practice on animal housing and care [CitationRef removed]. Informed consent was obtained the human participant. Previous works that used the same procedures are found here [CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed].
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