About the Authors

Edouard Betsem

antoine.gessain@pasteur.fr (AG); edouard.betsem@pasteur.fr (EB)

Affiliations Unit of Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Oncogenic Viruses, Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), URA 3015, Paris, France, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroun

Réjane Rua

Affiliations Unit of Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Oncogenic Viruses, Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), URA 3015, Paris, France

Patricia Tortevoye

Affiliations Unit of Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Oncogenic Viruses, Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), URA 3015, Paris, France

Alain Froment

Affiliation Institute of Research for Development, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France

Antoine Gessain

antoine.gessain@pasteur.fr (AG); edouard.betsem@pasteur.fr (EB)

Affiliations Unit of Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Oncogenic Viruses, Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), URA 3015, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB RR AG. Performed the experiments: EB RR. Analyzed the data: EB RR PT AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EB AF PT. Wrote the paper: EB AG. Advices regarding biostatistical analysis: AF.