About the Authors
- Dong Wook Kim
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea, Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Paul E. Kilgore
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Affiliations Translational Research Division, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Wayne State University, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Eun Jin Kim
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea, Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Soon Ae Kim
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Affiliation Translational Research Division, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Dang Duc Anh
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Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Bai Qing Dong
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Affiliation Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China
- Jung Soo Kim
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Affiliation Chonbuk National University School of Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
- Mitsuko Seki
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* E-mail: seki-m@dent.nihon-u.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Oral Health Sciences, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DWK PEK MS. Performed the experiments: DWK EJK MS. Analyzed the data: DWK PEK SAK MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWK MS. Wrote the paper: DWK PEK SAK DDA BQD JSK MS. Performed population-based meningitis surveillance studies: PEK DDA BQD JSK.