About the Authors

Vianney Tricou

vianney.tricou@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic

Julie Bouscaillou

Affiliation Médecins du Monde France, Paris, France

Emmanuel Kamba Mebourou

Affiliation Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic

Fidèle Dieudonné Koyanongo

Affiliation Service de Santé Publique Vétérinaire, Agence Nationale du Développement de l'Elevage, Bangui, Central African Republic

Emmanuel Nakouné

Affiliations Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic, Laboratoire National de Référence pour la Rage, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic

Mirdad Kazanji

Affiliation Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Vianney Tricou is currently employed by Takeda Vaccines, Singapore, and Emmanuel Nakouné is a member of a network of African rabies experts called AfroREB financially supported by Sanofi Pasteur. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VT EN MK. Performed the experiments: VT FDK EKM. Analyzed the data: VT JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VT EKM FDK EN. Wrote the paper: VT JB MK.