About the Authors

Guy Mulinganya

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

guymuling@gmail.com

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Annelies De Vulder

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Ghislain Bisimwa

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

Jerina Boelens

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Medical Microbiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Geert Claeys

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Karen De Keyser

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Daniel De Vos

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Burn Wound Center, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Erick Hendwa

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

Freddy Kampara

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

Yvette Kujirakwinja

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

Jules Mongane

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

Innocent Mubalama

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of The Congo

Mario Vaneechoutte

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Steven Callens

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

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Piet Cools

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

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.