About the Authors
- Lorenz von Seidlein
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: lseidlein@ivi.int
Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea
- Deok Ryun Kim
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Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea
- Mohammad Ali
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Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea
- Hyejon Lee
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Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea
- XuanYi Wang
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Affiliations International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea , Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Vu Dinh Thiem
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Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Do Gia Canh
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Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Wanpen Chaicumpa
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Affiliation Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Rangsit Center, Patumthani, Thailand
- Magdarina D Agtini
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Affiliation National Institute of Health Research and Development, Jakarta Indonesia, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Anowar Hossain
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Affiliation Centre for Health and Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Zulfiqar A Bhutta
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
- Carl Mason
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Affiliation United States Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
- Ornthipa Sethabutr
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Affiliation United States Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
- Kaisar Talukder
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Affiliation Centre for Health and Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- G. B Nair
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Affiliation Centre for Health and Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Jacqueline L Deen
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Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea
- Karen Kotloff
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Affiliation Centers for Vaccine Development, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- John Clemens
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Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
LvS coordinated the studies in the six countries and wrote the first draft of this paper. DRK was responsible for the analysis. MA developed and managed the database. HL coordinated the microbiological aspects of the project. XYW, WC, MDA, AH, and ZAB were the principal investigators responsible for the drafting, adaptation, and implementations of the study protocol. VDT coordinated the study site in Vietnam. CM and OS processed the PCR specimens and analyzed the findings. KT was responsible for the analysis of S. flexneri isolates that did not agglutinate with commercial serotypes. GBN provided advice on the interpretation of monoclonal serotype results and PCR findings. JLD and KK provided essential support for the interpretation of the data. JC conceived the project, attracted funding, and oversaw all stages of the project. All authors contributed to the writing of the final version of this paper.