About the Authors

Cyril Badaut

cbadaut@gmail.com (CB); Philippe.Deloron@ird.fr (PD)

Affiliations Mother and Child Faced with Tropical Infections Research Unit, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR216, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Gwladys Bertin

Affiliations Mother and Child Faced with Tropical Infections Research Unit, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR216, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Tatiana Rustico

Affiliation Mother and Child Faced with Tropical Infections Research Unit, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR216, Paris, France

Nadine Fievet

Affiliation Mother and Child Faced with Tropical Infections Research Unit, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR216, Paris, France

Achille Massougbodji

Affiliation Département de Zoologie et Génétique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin

Alioune Gaye

Affiliation Centre de Santé Roi Baudoin de Guédiawaye, Dakar, Senegal

Philippe Deloron

cbadaut@gmail.com (CB); Philippe.Deloron@ird.fr (PD)

Affiliations Mother and Child Faced with Tropical Infections Research Unit, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR216, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB GB PD. Performed the experiments: CB GB TR. Analyzed the data: CB GB PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NF AM AG. Wrote the paper: CB PD.