About the Authors

Awa Ndir

andir@pasteur.sn

Affiliations PhD Program, Université Pierre Marie Curie, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

Amadou Diop

Affiliation Hôpital pour enfants Albert Royer, Dakar, Sénégal

Pape Makhtar Faye

Affiliation Hôpital pour enfants Albert Royer, Dakar, Sénégal

Moussa Fafa Cissé

Affiliation Hôpital pour enfants Albert Royer, Dakar, Sénégal

Babacar Ndoye

Affiliation National nosocomial infection program, Ministry of Health, Dakar, Sénégal

Pascal Astagneau

Affiliation Universités Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN BN MFC PA. Performed the experiments: AN AD. Analyzed the data: AN PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN BN PA. Wrote the paper: AN AD PMF MFC BN PA.