About the Authors

Kamala Thriemer

kthriemer@itg.be

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Yves Katuala

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bibi Batoko

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jean-Pierre Alworonga

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hugo Devlieger

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Christel Van Geet

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Dauly Ngbonda

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jan Jacobs

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJ CVG. Performed the experiments: YK BB JPA DN HD. Analyzed the data: KT. Wrote the paper: KT JJ.