About the Authors
- Grant Mackenzie
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* E-mail: gmackenzie@mrc.gm
Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Serign J. Ceesay
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Philip C. Hill
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Affiliation Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Michael Walther
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Kalifa A. Bojang
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Judith Satoguina
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Godwin Enwere
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Affiliation Meningitis Vaccine Program, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Ferney-Voltaire, France
- Umberto D'Alessandro
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Debasish Saha
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Usman N. A. Ikumapayi
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Tim O'Dempsey
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- David C. W. Mabey
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Tumani Corrah
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- David J. Conway
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Richard A. Adegbola
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Affiliations Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Brian M. Greenwood
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GM PH MW KB JS UD TO DCM DJC RA BG. Performed the experiments: GM SJC KB JS GE UD DS UI TO DCM TC. Analyzed the data: GM BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM MW KB UD TO DCM TC DJC RA BG. Wrote the paper: GM. Contributed significantly to analyse and write the paper: SJC PH MW DJC RA BG.