Self-testing for HIV, HBV, and HCV using finger-stick whole-blood multiplex immunochromatographic rapid test: A pilot feasibility study in sub-Saharan Africa

• Serge Tonen-Wolyec ,

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

  * E-mail: wolyec@gmail.com

  Affiliations Ecole Doctorale Régionale D’Afrique Centrale en Infectiologie Tropicale, Franceville, Gabon, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7734-7729

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• Roland Marini Djang’eing’a,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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• Salomon Batina-Agasa,

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

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Charles Kayembe Tshilumba,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Jérémie Muwonga Masidi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

  Affiliations National AIDS and STIs Reference Laboratory, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Marie-Pierre Hayette,

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

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, University Hospital of Liège, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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• Laurent Bélec

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

  Affiliations Laboratoire de virologie médicale et oncologique, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Université de Paris, Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France

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