About the Authors

Tite Minga Mikobi

tite.mikobi@gmail.com

Affiliation Department des Sciences de Bases, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Prosper Lukusa Tshilobo

Affiliation Division of Hemato-Immuno-rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Kinshasa, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Michel Ntetani Aloni

Affiliation Division of Hemato-oncology and Nephrology, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Kinshasa, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Georges Mvumbi Lelo

Affiliation Department des Sciences de Bases, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Pierre Zalagile Akilimali

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

Affiliation Institut National de Recherche en Sciences Biomédicales, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Valérie Race

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit de Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Gert Matthijs

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit de Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jean Marie Mbuyi Mwamba

Affiliation Unit of Human Genetics, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Kinshasa, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMM PLT GML JJMT GM JMMM. Performed the experiments: TMM GML JJMT GM JMMM. Analyzed the data: TMM MNA PZA GM VR JMMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMM JJMT GML JMMM VR GM. Wrote the paper: TMM GM VR PLT JMMM MNA.