About the Authors

Serge Tonen-Wolyec

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wolyec@gmail.com

Affiliations Ecole Doctorale Régionale D’Afrique Centrale en Infectiologie Tropicale, Franceville, Gabon, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty de Medicine, University of Bunia, Bunia, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Angèle Sarassoro

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Jérémie Muwonga Masidi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, National AIDS and STI Reference Laboratory, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, National AIDS and STI Control Program, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Elie Twite Banza

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation National AIDS and STI Control Program, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gaëtan Nsiku Dikumbwa

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation National AIDS and STI Control Program, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dieu Merci Maseke Matondo

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation National AIDS and STI Control Program, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Apolinaire Kilundu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

Affiliation National AIDS and STI Control Program, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Luc Kamanga Lukusa

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

Affiliation National AIDS and STI Control Program, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Salomon Batina-Agasa

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Laurent Bélec

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Virology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, University de Paris Descartes, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following potential competing interests: Biosynex and OraSure Technologies, Inc., provided material support for this study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.