About the Authors
- Patrick Mitashi
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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
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Group Epidemiology and Disease Control, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Veerle Lejon
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Victor Kande
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Jean-Jacques Muyembe
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Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Avenue de la Démocratie, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Pascal Lutumba
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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
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* E-mail: 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.