Clinical epidemiology and high genetic diversity amongst Cryptococcus spp. isolates infecting people living with HIV in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

• Bive Zono Bive ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: bive.zono@unikin.ac.cd

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Molecular Biology Service, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0084-5068

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• Rosalie Sacheli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rosalie Sacheli, Georges Mvumbi Lelo, Marie-Pierre Hayette

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, National Reference Centre for Mycosis, University Hospital Centre of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Hippolyte Situakibanza Nani-Tuma ,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine/Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases Service, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Pius Kabututu Zakayi ,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Molecular Biology Service, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Alex Ka ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital-Research and Education Network, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

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• Marcel Mbula Mambimbi ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine/Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases Service, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Gaultier Muendele ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Advanced HIV Disease Management Unit, Centre Hospitalier Mère et Enfant de NGABA, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Raphael Boreux ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Nicole Landu ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Advanced HIV Disease Management Unit, Centre Médical et Evangélique Révérend LUYINDU, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Celestin Nzanzu Mudogo ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Molecular Biology Service, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Pierre-Robert M’Buze ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Advanced HIV Disease Management Unit, Centre Hospitalier Roi Baudouin 1er, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Michel Moutschen ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Centre of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Wieland Meyer ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital-Research and Education Network, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

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• Georges Mvumbi Lelo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rosalie Sacheli, Georges Mvumbi Lelo, Marie-Pierre Hayette

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Molecular Biology Service, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Marie-Pierre Hayette

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rosalie Sacheli, Georges Mvumbi Lelo, Marie-Pierre Hayette

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, National Reference Centre for Mycosis, University Hospital Centre of Liege, Liege, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-6493

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