About the Authors

Patrick Mitashi

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Parasitology Service, Faculty of Medicine, Kinshasa University, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Department of Public Health, Group Epidemiology and Disease Control, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium

Epco Hasker

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Group Epidemiology and Disease Control, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium

Veerle Lejon

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium

Victor Kande

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jean-Jacques Muyembe

Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Avenue de la Démocratie, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Pascal Lutumba

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Parasitology Service, Faculty of Medicine, Kinshasa University, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Avenue de la Démocratie, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Marleen Boelaert

mboelaert@itg.be

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Group Epidemiology and Disease Control, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium

Competing Interests

MB, VL and EH are employees of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, which is the producer of the CATT test.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: PM EH VL MB. Wrote the paper: PM EH VL VK JJM PL MB. Conceived and designed the research question and search strategy: PM EH PL VL MB. Performed the literature search: PM EH.