About the Authors
- Octavie Lunguya
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Affiliations National Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, University Hospital of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Veerle Lejon
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* E-mail: vlejon@itg.be
Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Marie-France Phoba
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Affiliations National Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, University Hospital of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sophie Bertrand
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Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
- Raymond Vanhoof
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Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
- Jan Verhaegen
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Affiliation University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Anthony Marius Smith
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Affiliation Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Karen Helena Keddy
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Affiliation Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
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Affiliations National Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, University Hospital of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Jan Jacobs
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: OL JV JJMT JJ. Performed the experiments: OL VL MFP. Analyzed the data: OL VL SB RV JV AMS KHK JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OL MFP SB RV JV AMS KHK JJMT JJ. Wrote the paper: OL VL AMS KHK JJ.