About the Authors

Dieudonné Makaba Mvumbi

didimvumbi@gmail.com

Affiliations Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Thierry Lengu Bobanga

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jean-Marie Ntumba Kayembe

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Georges Lelo Mvumbi

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Hippolyte Nani-Tuma Situakibanza

Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Françoise Benoit-Vical

Affiliation CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), Toulouse et Université de Toulouse, UPS, France

Pierrette Melin

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Patrick De Mol

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Marie-Pierre Hayette

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MPH DMM. Funding acquisition: PDM GLM. Investigation: DMM TLB. Methodology: JMNK HNTS. Resources: PM GLM. Validation: MPH FBV. Writing – original draft: DMM.