About the Authors

Serge Tonen-Wolyec

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

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

Raphael Dupont

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation BioSynex, Strasbourg, France

Salomon Batina-Agasa

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Marie-Pierre Hayette

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Laurent Bélec

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

laurent.belec@aphp.fr

Affiliations Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: Dr. Raphael Dupont is a paid employee of Biosynex SA. The authors would like to declare the following patents/patent applications associated with this research: https://bases-marques.inpi.fr/Typo3_INPI_Marques/ajoutListe?page=1&idObjet=1484785_202032_tmint&scroll=462.4761962890625. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.