About the Authors
- Genevie M. Ntshoe
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* E-mail: genevien@nicd.ac.za (GMN); cherylc@nicd.ac.za (CC)
Affiliation Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa
- Johanna M. McAnerney
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Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Brett N. Archer
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Affiliation Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Sheilagh B. Smit
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Affiliation Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa
- Bernice N. Harris
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Affiliation School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Stefano Tempia
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Affiliation Influenza Division, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Attaché to the NICD-NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Mirriam Mashele
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Affiliation Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa
- Beverley Singh
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Affiliation Centre for HIV and STI, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Juno Thomas
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Affiliation Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Ayanda Cengimbo
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Affiliation Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Lucille H. Blumberg
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Affiliation Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Adrian Puren
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Affiliation Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jocelyn Moyes
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Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Johann van den Heever
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Affiliation Expanded Programme on Immunisation in South Africa (EPI SA), Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa
- Barry D. Schoub
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Affiliation Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa
- Cheryl Cohen
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* E-mail: genevien@nicd.ac.za (GMN); cherylc@nicd.ac.za (CC)
Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Data management: GMN JMM BNA. Revised article for important intellectual content: BNA SBS BNH ST AP JvdH BDS CC. Outbreak Response: JT AC LHB. Acquisition of vaccination coverage data: JvdH. Conceived and designed the experiments: JM CC. Performed the experiments: SBS MM BS. Analyzed the data: GMN ST. Wrote the paper: GMN.