About the Authors
- Jennifer Dolan Thomas
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* E-mail: 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Rosemary A. Hollick
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Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Ana Lucia Andrade
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Affiliation Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
- Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso
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Affiliation Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
- Ana Paula S. de Lemos
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Affiliation Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil
- Jenna Gritzfeld
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Affiliation Respiratory Infection, Clinical Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Stephen Gordon
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Affiliation Respiratory Infection, Clinical Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Ahmet Soysal
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Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Mustafa Bakir
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Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Dolly Sharma
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.