[1
]Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Center for Global
Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
[2
]Department of Medicine, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa;
[3
]Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland;
[4
]Community Health Department, Kinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa,
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo;
[5
]Epidemiological Surveillance Team, COVID-19 Response, Health Emergencies Program,
World Health Organization, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo;
[6
]Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels,
Belgium;
[7
]African Center of Biostatistics Excellence (ACBE), Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa;
[8
]Department of Paediatrics, University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences, Cape
Coast, Ghana;
[9
]International Research Center of Excellence, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria,
Abuja, Nigeria;
[10
]Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School
of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;
[11
]Faculty of Public Health, Université Moderne de Kinkole, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic
of the Congo;
[12
]Department of Public Health, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Ethnopharmacologie,
Faculty of Medicine, Université Notre-Dame du Kasayi, Kananga, Democratic Republic
of the Congo;
[13
]Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Kinshasa, National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic
of the Congo;
[14
]Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of Congo
[15
]Direction Surveillance Épidémiologique (DSE), Direction Générale de Lutte contre la
Maladie (DGLM), Ministère de la Santé Publique et Riposte COVID-19, Kinshasa, Democratic
Republic of the Congo;
[16
]Faculty of Medicine, University of Mbuji-Mayi, Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of
the Congo;
[17
]Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia;
[18
]Department of Real World & Advanced Analytics, Cytel, Vancouver, Canada;
[19
]Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Canada;
[20
]Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh,
School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
[21
]National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University College
London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom;
[22
]Division of Infection and Immunity, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College
London, London, United Kingdom;