About the Authors

Valérie Andriantsoanirina

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Arsène Ratsimbasoa

Affiliation Ministère de la Santé, du Planning Familial et de la Protection Sociale, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Christiane Bouchier

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Magali Tichit

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Martial Jahevitra

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Stéphane Rabearimanana

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Rogelin Raherinjafy

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Odile Mercereau-Puijalon

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Rémy Durand

Affiliation Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, Bobigny, France

Didier Ménard

dmenard@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR OMP RD DM. Performed the experiments: VA MT MJ SR RR. Analyzed the data: VA CB OMP RD DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR CB OMP DM. Wrote the paper: VA OMP RD DM.