About the Authors

Aurélie Jeandron

aurelie.jeandron@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jaime Mufitini Saidi

Affiliation Ministère de la Santé Publique, Division Provinciale de la Santé Publique, District Sanitaire d’Uvira, Uvira, Sud-Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo

Alois Kapama

Affiliation Ministère de la Santé Publique, Division Provinciale de la Santé Publique, District Sanitaire d’Uvira, Uvira, Sud-Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo

Manu Burhole

Affiliation Ministère de la Santé Publique, Division Provinciale de la Santé Publique, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo

Freddy Birembano

Affiliation Ministère de la Santé Publique, Division Provinciale de la Santé Publique, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo

Thierry Vandevelde

Affiliation Fondation Veolia, Nanterre, France

Antonio Gasparrini

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ben Armstrong

Affiliation Department of Social and Environmental Research, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Sandy Cairncross

Affiliation Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jeroen H. J. Ensink

Affiliation Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJ JHJE SC AG BA. Analyzed the data: AJ AG BA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JHJE SC TV AG BA. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: AJ JMS AK MB FB TV AG BA SC JHJE. Collected, checked and managed the data: AJ JMS AK MB FB TV. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.