About the Authors

Crispin Lumbala

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation PNLTHA, Bâtiment PNMLS, 1 Boulevard Triomphal, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Paul R. Bessell

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

prbessell@gmail.com

Affiliation Epi Interventions Ltd, 32 Bell Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Pascal Lutumba

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Institute National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sylvain Baloji

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation PNLTHA, Bâtiment PNMLS, 1 Boulevard Triomphal, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sylvain Biéler

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Campus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, Geneva, Switzerland

Joseph M. Ndung'u

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Campus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. Paul R. Bessell is employed by Epi Interventions Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.