About the Authors
- Alain Mpanya
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Contributed equally to this work with: Alain Mpanya, David Hendrickx
Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africain (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- David Hendrickx
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Contributed equally to this work with: Alain Mpanya, David Hendrickx
* E-mail: dhendrickx@itg.be
Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Mimy Vuna
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Affiliation Institut Nationale de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Albert Kanyinda
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Affiliation Bureau Diocesain des Œuvres Médicales, Mbuji-mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Crispin Lumbala
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africain (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Valéry Tshilombo
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Affiliation Université de Mbuji-mayi, Mbuji-mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Patrick Mitashi
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Affiliation Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Oscar Luboya
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Affiliation Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Victor Kande
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Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africain (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Marleen Boelaert
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Pierre Lefèvre
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Pascal Lutumba
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Affiliations Institut Nationale de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AM DH OL VK MB P. Lefèvre P. Lutumba. Performed the experiments: AM CL VT PM VK P. Lutumba. Analyzed the data: AM DH MV AK CL VT P. Lefèvre P. Lutumba. Wrote the paper: AM DH P. Lutumba. Critical revision of the manuscript: AM DH CL VT PM OL VK MB P. Lefèvre P. Lutumba.