About the Authors
- Samir K. Saha
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* E-mail: samirk.sks@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Hassan M. Al Emran
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Belal Hossain
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Gary L. Darmstadt
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Current address: Family Health Division, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Senjuti Saha
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Affiliation The Davidson Laboratory, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Maksuda Islam
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Atique I. Chowdhury
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Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Dona Foster
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Aliya Naheed
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Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Shams El Arifeen
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Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Abdullah H. Baqui
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Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Shamim A. Qazi
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Affiliation Child and Adolescent Health Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Stephen P. Luby
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Affiliations International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Robert F. Breiman
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Affiliation Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Mathuram Santosham
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Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Robert E. Black
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Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Derrick W. Crook
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- and Pneumococcal Study Group
Competing Interests
Dr. Crook and Dr. Saha received a research grant from Pfizer Inc. and Novartis respectively. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SKS GLD SEA AN AHB SAQ SPL RFB MS REB DWC. Performed the experiments: HMA BH MI DF AIC. Analyzed the data: SKS HMA DWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKS GLD SEA DWC. Wrote the paper: SKS GLD SS AHB SPL RFB MS REB DWC.