Ascertaining the burden of invasive Salmonella disease in hospitalised febrile children aged under four years in Blantyre, Malawi

• Chisomo L. Msefula ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chisomo L. Msefula, Franziska Olgemoeller

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cmsefula@medcol.mw

  Affiliations Pathology Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2304-886X

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• Franziska Olgemoeller ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chisomo L. Msefula, Franziska Olgemoeller

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1456-3077

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• Ndaru Jambo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pathology Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Dalitso Segula,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Internal Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Trinh Van Tan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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• Tonney S. Nyirenda,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pathology Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Wilfred Nedi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8742-8680

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• Neil Kennedy,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Centre for Medical Education, Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Matthew Graham,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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• Marc Y. R. Henrion,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Stephen Baker,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Department of Medicine, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Nicholas Feasey,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Melita Gordon,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Robert S. Heyderman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Division of Infection & Immunity, University College London, London, England, United Kingdom

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