High prevalence of hepatitis B and HIV among women survivors of sexual violence in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Parvine Basimane Bisimwa; Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda; Dieudonné Bihehe Masemo; Rodrigue Balthazar Basengere Ayagirwe; Ahadi Bwihangane Birindwa; Patrick Ntagereka Bisimwa; Georges Kikuni Besulani; Théophile Mitima Kashosi; Cadeau Mugisho Matabishi; Bienfait Mitima Misuka; Jean Paulin Mbo Mukonkole; Jean Bisimwa Nachega; Denis Mukwege Mukengere; Narcisse Patrice Joseph Komas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292473

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High prevalence of hepatitis B and HIV among women survivors of sexual violence in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Parvine Basimane Bisimwa,

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

Affiliations Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic, Faculty of Medecine, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Panzi General Referral Hospital, Internal Medicine, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, International Center Advanced for Research and Training (ICART)/Panzi Fondation, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic
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Dieudonné Bihehe Masemo,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medecine, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Panzi General Referral Hospital, Internal Medicine, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Rodrigue Balthazar Basengere Ayagirwe,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Biology Laboratory, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ahadi Bwihangane Birindwa,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Biology Laboratory, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Patrick Ntagereka Bisimwa,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Biology Laboratory, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Georges Kikuni Besulani,

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

Affiliations Faculty of Medecine, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Panzi General Referral Hospital, Internal Medicine, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Théophile Mitima Kashosi,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medecine, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Cadeau Mugisho Matabishi,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Panzi General Referral Hospital, Internal Medicine, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Bienfait Mitima Misuka,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medecine, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Jean Paulin Mbo Mukonkole,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medecine, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Panzi General Referral Hospital, Internal Medicine, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Jean Bisimwa Nachega,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Departments of Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Departments of Epidemiology and International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
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Denis Mukwege Mukengere,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medecine, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Panzi General Referral Hospital, Internal Medicine, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Narcisse Patrice Joseph Komas

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

* E-mail: npkomas@yahoo.fr, narcisse.komas@pasteur-bangui.cf

Affiliation Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4097-7823

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High prevalence of hepatitis B and HIV among women survivors of sexual violence in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Parvine Basimane Bisimwa,
Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda,
Dieudonné Bihehe Masemo,
Rodrigue Balthazar Basengere Ayagirwe,
Ahadi Bwihangane Birindwa,
Patrick Ntagereka Bisimwa,
Georges Kikuni Besulani,
Théophile Mitima Kashosi,
Cadeau Mugisho Matabishi,
Bienfait Mitima Misuka

Published: July 3, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292473

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