About the Authors
- Dominique A. Caugant
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* E-mail: dominique.caugant@fhi.no
Affiliations WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Paul A. Kristiansen
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Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Xin Wang
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Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Prevention and Control of Epidemic Meningitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Leonard W. Mayer
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Affiliation WHO Collaborating Center for Prevention and Control of Epidemic Meningitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Muhamed-Kheir Taha
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Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Rasmata Ouédraogo
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Affiliation Laboratoire de Réference Méningite, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles de Gaulle, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Denis Kandolo
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Affiliation WHO Inter country Support Team for West Africa, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Flabou Bougoudogo
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Affiliation Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique (INRSP), Bamako, Mali
- Samba Sow
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Affiliation Centre pour les Vaccins en Développement (CVD), Bamako, Mali
- Laurence Bonte
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Affiliation Support Logistique, Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DAC LWM MKT. Performed the experiments: RO DK FB SS LB. Analyzed the data: PAK XW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RO DK FB SS LB. Wrote the paper: DAC PAK XW.