About the Authors
- Delphin Mavinga Phanzu
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Affiliations General Reference Hospital of Kimpese, Institut Médical Evangélique, Kimpese, Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Department of Public Health, Unit of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Patrick Suykerbuyk
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Désiré Bofunga B. Imposo
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Affiliation General Reference Hospital of Kimpese, Institut Médical Evangélique, Kimpese, Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Philippe Ngwala Lukanu
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Affiliation Central Office of the Rural Health Zone of Kimpese, Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Jean-Bedel Masamba Minuku
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Affiliation Central Office of the Rural Health Zone of Nsona Mpangu, Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Linda F. Lehman
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Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America
- Paul Saunderson
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Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America
- Bouke C. de Jong
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Pascal Tshindele Lutumba
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Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Françoise Portaels
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* E-mail: portaels@itg.be
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Marleen Boelaert
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Unit of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DMP PS LFL PS PTL FP MB. Performed the experiments: DMP PS DBBI PNL JBMM LFL. Analyzed the data: DMP PS MB FP PTL BCdJ. Wrote the paper: DMP PS BCdJ FP MB.