Fombad, Fanny Fri
Njouendou, Abdel Jelil
Ndongmo, Patrick Chounna
Ritter, Manuel
Chunda, Valerine C.
Metuge, Haelly M.
Gandjui, Narcisse Victor T.
Enyong, Peter
Njiokou, Flobert
Hoerauf, Achim
Mackenzie, Charles D.
Wanji, Samuel http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-8366
Funding for this research was provided by:
BMGF through DNDi, Geneva (ID OPP1119042)
Article History
Received: 10 August 2018
Accepted: 27 December 2018
First Online: 8 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study design and protocols were approved by the National Committee for Health Research on Humans (CNERSH) and the REFOTDE Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (RIAEC), and ethical clearances (2015/09/640/CE/CNERSH/SP and 001/RIAEC/2015, respectively) were issued. Enrolment into the study was on a strictly voluntary basis and the objectives, risks and benefits of the study were explained in detail to all individuals. We explained in detail the objectives of the study, and any possible health risks, to the parasite donor to ensure that he was well informed and was giving his consent freely and willingly, after which he signed a consent form. Handling of the animals and the investigations carried out were in strict accordance with the international guidelines of rearing animals and using them in medical research. The manipulations of the animals were in strict accordance with the Animal Welfare Legislation and Policies and complied with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) and its associated codes of practice on animal housing and care [CitationRef removed]. Previous works that used the same procedures are found here [CitationRef removed].
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