About the Authors
- Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi
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Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Rosine Ali Ekangu
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Marie France Mumvemba Kodi
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Patient Pati Pyana
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Fatima Balharbi
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Mélanie Decq
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Victor Kande Betu
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Wim Van der Veken
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Claude Sese
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Joris Menten
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Philippe Büscher
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* E-mail: pbuscher@itg.be
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Veerle Lejon
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Affiliation UMR 177 IRD-CIRAD INTERTRYP, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PB VL DMN JM. Performed the experiments: RAE PPP FB MD MFMK. Analyzed the data: MD VL PB JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VKB CS WVdV PB. Wrote the paper: MD VL JM PB WVdV PPP RAE.