About the Authors

Pierre Mukadi

Affiliations Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Université Pédagogique Nationale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Philippe Gillet

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Albert Lukuka

Affiliations Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laboratoire National de Référence Paludisme (Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Joêl Mbatshi

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Tuberculose, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

John Otshudiema

Affiliation Integrated Health Project - United States President’s Malaria Initiative, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jean-Jacques Muyembe

Affiliations Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jozefien Buyze

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Jan Jacobs

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Veerle Lejon

veerle.lejon@ird.fr

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 177 IRD-CIRAD INTERTRYP, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM PG JJM JJ VL. Performed the experiments: PM AL JM JO. Analyzed the data: PM PG JB VL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL JM JO JJM JJ. Wrote the paper: PM PG JB JJ VL.