About the Authors

Rella Zoleko-Manego

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

Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Dep. of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Johannes Mischlinger

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Dep. of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jean Claude Dejon-Agobé

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Division of Internal Medicine, Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Arti Basra

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon

J. Rodolphe Mackanga

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon

Daisy Akerey Diop

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon

Ayola Akim Adegnika

Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), African Partner Institution, CERMEL, Gabon, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tübingen, Germany

Selidji T. Agnandji

Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Bertrand Lell

Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine 1, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Peter G. Kremsner

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), African Partner Institution, CERMEL, Gabon, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tübingen, Germany

Pierre Blaise Matsiegui

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de la Ngounié (CRMN), Fougamou, Gabon

Raquel González

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Faculty of Medicine. Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Can Baumann, Barcelona, Spain

Clara Menendez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

Michael Ramharter

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Dep. of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma

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

ghyslain.mombongoma@cermel.org

Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, Institut für Tropenmedizin, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Dep. of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: CM is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.