About the Authors

Kristina Nikovics

Affiliations INSERM U941, Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IUH, Paris, France

Marie-Christine Dazza

Affiliations INSERM U941, Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IUH, Paris, France

Michel Ekwalanga

Affiliation Laboratoire des Cliniques Universitaires, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

Fabrizio Mammano

Affiliations INSERM U941, Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IUH, Paris, France

François Clavel

Affiliations INSERM U941, Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IUH, Paris, France

Sentob Saragosti

sentob.saragosti@inserm.fr

Affiliations INSERM U941, Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IUH, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: FM is currently an academic editor for PLoS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KN FC SS. Performed the experiments: KN MCD SS. Analyzed the data: KN FC FM SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KN MCD ME FC SS. Wrote the paper: FC SS.