About the Authors

Luciana Lepore

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

llepore@itg.be (LL)

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Raymond Odinoh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Washington State University Global Health Program, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases-East and Central Africa, Nairobi Kenya

Jeanette Dawa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Washington State University Global Health Program, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Silvia Situma

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Washington State University Global Health Program, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases-East and Central Africa, Nairobi Kenya, Department of Animal Science, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

Luke Nyakarahuka

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biosecurity, Ecosystems and Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources, and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Surveillance Program, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited States of America

Sheila Makiala

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Virology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, INRB, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hervé Viala

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Laboratoire Rodolphe Mérieux INRB-Goma, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Christian Ifufa

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, INRB, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Marie-Anne Kavira Muhindo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratoire Rodolphe Mérieux INRB-Goma, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

John Kayiwa

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Nicholas Awor

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Noella Mulopo-Mukanya

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratoire Rodolphe Mérieux INRB-Goma, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Alex Tumusiime

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Anne Hauner

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Jackson Kyondo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Stijn Rogé

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DRC Office, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Carolyne Nasimiyu

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Washington State University Global Health Program, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases-East and Central Africa, Nairobi Kenya

Steve Kisembo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Hôpital Général de Référence Virunga, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Annemarion Namutebi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, Kabale, Uganda

David Odong

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Hugo Kavunga-Membo

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Laboratoire Rodolphe Mérieux INRB-Goma, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Julius Lutwama

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Ézéchiel Bushu Mulinda

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratoire Vétérinaire de Goma, Labovet, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kevin K. Ariën

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Virology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, INRB, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laboratoire Rodolphe Mérieux INRB-Goma, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Service of Microbiology, Department of Medical Biology, Kinshasa University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Deo Ndumu

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda

Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, INRB, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Robert F. Breiman

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited States of America, Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Barnabas Bakamutumaho

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Kariuki Njenga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Washington State University Global Health Program, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases-East and Central Africa, Nairobi Kenya, Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Justin Masumu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cellule d’appui à la Recherche, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, INRB, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Veerle Vanlerberghe

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.