About the Authors

Jennifer Dolan Thomas

fsu8@cdc.gov

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Cynthia P. Hatcher

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dara A. Satterfield

Affiliations Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Biology Department, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

M. Jordan Theodore

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michelle C. Bach

Affiliations Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Biology Department, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Kristin B. Linscott

Affiliations Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Biology Department, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Xin Zhao

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Xin Wang

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Raydel Mair

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Susanna Schmink

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kathryn E. Arnold

Affiliations Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Community Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Georgia Emerging Infections Program, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David S. Stephens

Affiliations Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Georgia Emerging Infections Program, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lee H. Harrison

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rosemary A. Hollick

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ana Lucia Andrade

Affiliation Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso

Affiliation Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Ana Paula S. de Lemos

Affiliation Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil

Jenna Gritzfeld

Affiliation Respiratory Infection, Clinical Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Stephen Gordon

Affiliation Respiratory Infection, Clinical Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ahmet Soysal

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Mustafa Bakir

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Dolly Sharma

Affiliations Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shabnam Jain

Affiliations Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sarah W. Satola

Affiliations Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Georgia Emerging Infections Program, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nancy E. Messonnier

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Leonard W. Mayer

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDT CPH DAS MJT MCB KBL XZ RM SS JL-C APSdL JG. Performed the experiments: JDT CPH DAS MJT MCB KBL XZ RM SS JL-C APSdL JG. Analyzed the data: JDT CPH DAS MJT MCB KBL XZ XW RM SS KEA DSS LHH RAH ALA JL-C APSdL JG SG AS MB DS SJ SWS NEM LWM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDT CPH DAS MJT MCB KBL XZ XW RM SS KEA DSS LHH RAH ALA JL-C APSdL JG SG AS MB DS SJ SWS NEM LWM. Wrote the paper: JDT LWM. Assisted with editing, finalizing, & giving critical feedback on the scientific content of the manuscript: JDT CPH DAS MJT MCB KBL XZ XW RM SS KEA DSS LHH RAH ALA JL-C APSdL JG SG AS MB DS SJ SS NEM LWM.