About the Authors

Félix Djossou

Affiliations Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana, Equipe d’Accueil EA3593 Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Guillaume Vesin

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Bastien Bidaud

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Emilie Mosnier

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Christine Simonnet

Affiliation Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Séverine Matheus

Affiliation Laboratoire de virologie, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Christelle Prince

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

John Balcaen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Gerd Donutil

Affiliation Service d’accueil des Urgences/Service d’aide médicale urgente, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Gérald Egmann

Affiliation Service d’accueil des Urgences/Service d’aide médicale urgente, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Antoine Okandze

Affiliation Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Denis Malvy

Affiliation Unité des Maladies Tropicales et du Voyageur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Mathieu Nacher

mathieu.nacher@ch-cayenne.fr

Affiliations Equipe d’Accueil EA3593 Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana, Centre d’Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FD. Performed the experiments: FD GV BB EM CS SM CP JB GD GE AO DM. Analyzed the data: MN GV FD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM. Wrote the paper: MN FD.