The colliding epidemics of COVID-19, Ebola, and measles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Jean B Nachega,
• Placide Mbala-Kingebeni,
• John Otshudiema,
• Alimuddin Zumla,
• Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tam-Fum

Affiliations

Jean B Nachega

Department of Medicine and Centre for Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, and Center for Global Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

Placide Mbala-Kingebeni

National Institute of Biomedical Research and Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

John Otshudiema

World Health Organization, Health Emergencies Program, COVID-19 Response, Epidemiological Surveillance Team, Democratic Republic of Congo

Alimuddin Zumla

Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College London, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals, London, UK

Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tam-Fum

National Institute of Biomedical Research and Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo