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Oumarou Farikou
Researcher at University of Yaoundé I
Publications - 13
Citations - 298
Oumarou Farikou is an academic researcher from University of Yaoundé I. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tsetse fly & Sodalis glossinidius. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications receiving 217 citations.
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Tripartite interactions between tsetse flies, Sodalis glossinidius and trypanosomes--an epidemiological approach in two historical human African trypanosomiasis foci in Cameroon.
Oumarou Farikou,Flobert Njiokou,Jean A. Mbida Mbida,Guy R. Njitchouang,Hugues Nana Djeunga,Tazoacha Asonganyi,Pere P. Simarro,Gérard Cuny,Anne Geiger +8 more
TL;DR: This hypothesis was statistically tested and assessed, showing that S. glossinidius is potentially an efficient target for controlling tsetse fly vectorial competence and consequently sleeping sickness.
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Tsetse fly blood meal modification and trypanosome identification in two sleeping sickness foci in the forest of southern Cameroon.
TL;DR: Tsetse fly feeding patterns can be specific of a given area and can evolve rapidly with time, and show an active circulation of a variety of trypanosomes in sleeping sickness foci of southern Cameroon.
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Prevalence of symbionts and trypanosome infections in tsetse flies of two villages of the “Faro and Déo” division of the Adamawa region of Cameroon
Ginette Irma Kame-Ngasse,Flobert Njiokou,Tito Trésor Melachio-Tanekou,Oumarou Farikou,Gustave Simo,Anne Geiger +5 more
TL;DR: The rate of tsetse fly infection by trypanosomes was low compared to those obtained in HAT foci of south Cameroon, and this rate was not statistically linked to the rate of symbiont occurrence.
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Trypanosome infection rates in tsetse flies in the "silent" sleeping sickness focus of Bafia in the Centre Region in Cameroon.
Gustave Simo,Pierre Fongho,Oumarou Farikou,Prosper Innocent Ndjeuto Ndjeuto-Tchouli,Judith Tchouomene-Labou,Flobert Njiokou,Tazoacha Asonganyi +6 more
TL;DR: It is very likely that HAT does not seem anymore to be a public health problem in this focus, and high risk transmission areas for AAT must be focused in order to improve animal health as well as the quantity of animal proteins are defined.
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the Secondary Symbiont of Tsetse Flies, Sodalis glossinidius, in Sleeping Sickness Foci in Cameroon
TL;DR: The symbiont genetic structure was investigated using the allelic size variation at four specific microsatellite loci to provide new information on the genetic diversity of the secondary symbionT population revealing mild structuring.