About the Authors
- Sylvie Linsuke
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sylvie Linsuke, Sabin Nundu
* E-mail: sylvie_lin2003@yahoo.fr
Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Epidemiology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sabin Nundu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sylvie Linsuke, Sabin Nundu
Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Epidemiology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sylvain Mupoyi
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Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Programme National de Lutte contre la Bilharziose et Parasitoses Intestinales, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Rodin Mukele
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Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Faustin Mukunda
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Bilharziose et Parasitoses Intestinales, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Madeleine Mbuyi Kabongo
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Affiliation School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Georgia, Atlanta, United States of America
- Raquel Inocêncio da Luz
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Affiliation Epidemiology and Scocial Medicine – International Health Unit, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden
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Affiliation Epidemiology and Scocial Medicine – International Health Unit, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Marc Van Sprundel
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Affiliation Epidemiology and Scocial Medicine – International Health Unit, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Marleen Boelaert
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Unit of Epidemiology and Control of Tropical Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Katja Polman
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Medical Helminthology, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Pascal Lutumba
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Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Epidemiology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SL SN PL. Performed the experiments: SL SN SM RM. Analyzed the data: SL SN RIdL PL JPVG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MVS MB PL. Wrote the paper: SL SN RIdL MMK FM KP JPVG MB PL.