Kukwah Anthony Tufon:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5643-0515
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Damian Nota Anong: Role: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Henry Dilonga Meriki: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: ValidationRole:
VisualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Teuwafeu Denis Georges: Role: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Mouladje Maurice: Role: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: ValidationRole: Visualization
Youmbi Sylvain Kouanou: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Validation
Ayah Flora Bolimo: Role: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Nyeke James Tony: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Tebit Emmanuel Kwenti:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5526-9179
Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Visualization
Ndze Henry Wung: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Theresa Nkuo-Akenji: Role: SupervisionRole: Visualization
Isabelle Chemin: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
5
September
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e0203312
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea,
Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
[2
]
Buea Regional Hospital, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
[3
]
Department of Biological science, Faculty of Science, University of Bamenda, Bamenda,
North West Region, Cameroon
[4
]
Department of Public health and Hygiene, Faculty of Health science, University of
Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
[5
]
BioCollections Worldwide Inc., Miami, FL, United States of America
[6
]
Department of internal medicine, Faculty of Health science, University of Buea, Buea,
South West Region, Cameroon
[7
]
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health science, University of
Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
[8
]
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of
Buea, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Lyon, FRANCE
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-15901
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203312
PMC ID: 6124766
PubMed ID: 30183765
SO-VID: 868d4a1d-650e-49c0-976d-74ea6c1e5652
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