About the Authors

Richard Mbusa Kambale

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

richkambale7@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pediatric Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Gaylord Amani Ngaboyeka

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pediatric Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Joseph Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa, Marie-Hélène Igega Bisimwa, Lisa Yvette Kasole, Viateur Habiyambere, Victor Buunda Kubuya, Joseph Kasongowa Kasongo

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliations Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pediatric Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Marie-Hélène Igega Bisimwa

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa, Marie-Hélène Igega Bisimwa, Lisa Yvette Kasole, Viateur Habiyambere, Victor Buunda Kubuya, Joseph Kasongowa Kasongo

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Lisa Yvette Kasole

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa, Marie-Hélène Igega Bisimwa, Lisa Yvette Kasole, Viateur Habiyambere, Victor Buunda Kubuya, Joseph Kasongowa Kasongo

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Viateur Habiyambere

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa, Marie-Hélène Igega Bisimwa, Lisa Yvette Kasole, Viateur Habiyambere, Victor Buunda Kubuya, Joseph Kasongowa Kasongo

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Victor Buunda Kubuya

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa, Marie-Hélène Igega Bisimwa, Lisa Yvette Kasole, Viateur Habiyambere, Victor Buunda Kubuya, Joseph Kasongowa Kasongo

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Joseph Kasongowa Kasongo

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Ntagerwa Ntagazibwa, Marie-Hélène Igega Bisimwa, Lisa Yvette Kasole, Viateur Habiyambere, Victor Buunda Kubuya, Joseph Kasongowa Kasongo

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Emmanuel André

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

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Dimitri Van der Linden

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

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, General Pediatrics, Pediatric Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.