About the Authors
- Lindsay R. Grant
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Sarah E. O’Brien
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Polly Burbidge
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Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Mitch Haston
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Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Marta Zancolli
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Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Lucy Cowell
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Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Marina Johnson
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Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Robert C. Weatherholtz
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Raymond Reid
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Mathuram Santosham
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Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Katherine L. O’Brien
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* E-mail: klobrien@jhsph.edu
Affiliation Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- David Goldblatt
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Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
KOB, LRG, RCW and RR have research grant support from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). KOB has received honoraria for participation in external expert advisory committees on pneumococcal vaccines convened by Merck, Sanofi-Pasteur, and GSK. MS has research grant support from GSK and has received honoraria for participation in external expert advisory committees on pneumococcal vaccines convened by GSK. DG has received honoraria for participation in external expert advisory committees on pneumococcal vaccines convened by Pfizer, GSK and Merck. DG’s laboratory performs contract research for Merck and GSK. No other authors report a conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all of the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RCW RR MS KLO DG. Performed the experiments: PB MH MZ LC MJ. Analyzed the data: LRG SEO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG. Wrote the paper: LRG DG KLO.