About the Authors
- Natalia Tiberti
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Affiliation Translational Biomarker Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Veerle Lejon
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Alexandre Hainard
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Affiliation Translational Biomarker Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Bertrand Courtioux
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Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, School of Medicine, CNRS FR 3503 GEIST, University of Limoges, Limoges, France
- Xavier Robin
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Affiliation Translational Biomarker Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Natacha Turck
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Affiliation Translational Biomarker Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Krister Kristensson
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Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Enock Matovu
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- John Charles Enyaru
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, D. R. Congo
- Sanjeev Krishna
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Affiliation Centre for Infection, Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Sylvie Bisser
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Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, School of Medicine, CNRS FR 3503 GEIST, University of Limoges, Limoges, France
- Joseph Mathu Ndung′u
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Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland
- Philippe Büscher
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Jean-Charles Sanchez
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* E-mail: Jean-Charles.Sanchez@unige.ch
Affiliation Translational Biomarker Group, Department of Human Protein Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: V. Lejon, S. Krishna, and P. Büscher were consultants for the Foundation for New Innovative Diagnostics (FIND) at the moment of the analyses. J. Ndung'u is an employee of the Foundation for New Innovative Diagnostics (FIND). All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: N. Tiberti, V. Lejon, A. Hainard, J. Ndung'u, JC. Sanchez. Performed the experiments: N. Tiberti, A. Hainard. Analyzed the data: N. Tiberti, A. Hainard, X. Robin, N. Turck, JC. Sanchez, V. Lejon, S. Krishna, S. Bisser, K. Kristensson, P. Büscher. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: V. Lejon, D. Mumba Ngoyi, X. Robin, P. Büscher. Wrote the paper: N. Tiberti, V. Lejon, A. Hainard, B. Courtioux, X. Robin, N. Turck, K. Kristensson, E. Matovu, J. Enyaru, D. Mumba Ngoyi, S. Krishna, S. Bisser, J. Ndung'u, P. Büscher, JC. Sanchez.