About the Authors

Edmond Tchiakpe

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

edtchi@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Laboratory of Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FAST) and Institute of Applied Biomedical Sciences (ISBA), University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin, National Reference Laboratory of Health Program Fighting Against AIDS in Benin (LNR/PSLS), Health Ministry of Benin, Cotonou, Benin

René Kpemahouton Keke

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Health Program Fighting Against AIDS in Benin, Cotonou, Benin

Patricia Recordon-Pinson

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation UMR5234 MFP, University of Bordeaux and Virology Laboratory, WHO HIV Center, CHU Bordeaux, France

Abou Abdallah Malick Diouara

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Groupe de Recherche Biotechnologies Appliquées & Bioprocédés Environnementaux (GRBA-BE), Laboratoire Eau-Énergie-Environnement-Procédés-Industriels (LE3PI), École Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP), Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

Marie-Line Andreola

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation UMR5234 MFP, University of Bordeaux and Virology Laboratory, WHO HIV Center, CHU Bordeaux, France

Moussa Bachabi

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Health Program Fighting Against AIDS in Benin, Cotonou, Benin

Aldric Afangnihoun

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Health Program Fighting Against AIDS in Benin, Cotonou, Benin

Eric Gbaguidi

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Health Program Fighting Against AIDS in Benin, Cotonou, Benin

Sophia Osawe

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria, Plateau State, Abuja, Nigeria

Almoustapha Issiaka Maiga

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, CHU Gabriel Toure, University of Sciences Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Halimatou Diop-Ndiaye

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie Virologie CHU Aristide le Dantec, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

Coumba Touré-Kane

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Épidémiologique et de Formation (IRESSEF), Pôle Urbain Diamniadio, Dakar, Sénégal

Akadiri Yessoufou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FAST) and Institute of Applied Biomedical Sciences (ISBA), University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.