About the Authors
- Jeni Vuong
-
Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America
- Jean-Marc Collard
-
Affiliations Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium, Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire, Niamey, Niger
- Melissa J. Whaley
-
Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America
- Issaka Bassira
-
Affiliation Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire, Niamey, Niger
- Issaka Seidou
-
Affiliation Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire, Niamey, Niger
- Seydou Diarra
-
Affiliation Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Bamako, Mali
- Rasmata T. Ouédraogo
-
Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles De Gaulle, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Dinanibè Kambiré
-
Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles De Gaulle, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Thomas H. Taylor Jr
-
Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America
- Claudio Sacchi
-
Affiliation Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil
- Leonard W. Mayer
-
Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America
- Xin Wang
-
* E-mail: gqe8@cdc.gov
Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JV J-MC MJW SD RTO CS LWM XW. Performed the experiments: JV MJW IB IS DK. Analyzed the data: JV MJW THT XW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JV J-MC MJW SD RTO CS THT LWM XW. Wrote the paper: JV XW. Assisted with editing, finalizing, & giving critical feedback on the scientific content of the manuscript: JV J-MC MJW IB IS SD RTO DK THT CS LWM XW.