Njouendou, Abdel J.
Fombad, Fanny F.
O’Neill, Maeghan
Zofou, Denis
Nutting, Chuck
Ndongmo, Patrick C.
Kengne-Ouafo, Arnaud J.
Geary, Timothy G.
Mackenzie, Charles D.
Wanji, Samuel http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-8366
Funding for this research was provided by:
DNDi (Partial fianncial support through drugs)
Article History
Received: 13 February 2018
Accepted: 15 March 2018
First Online: 4 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: 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]. Human participants were not involved in this study. Previous works that used the same procedures are [CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed].
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