About the Authors
- Samir K. Saha
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* E-mail: sksaha@bangla.net
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Gary L. Darmstadt
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Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Abdullah H. Baqui
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Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Belal Hossain
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Maksuda Islam
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Dona Foster
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Hassan Al-Emran
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Aliya Naheed
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Affiliation ICDDR,B: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Shams El Arifeen
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Affiliation ICDDR,B: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Stephen P. Luby
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Affiliation ICDDR,B: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Mathuram Santosham
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Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Derrick Crook
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SKS GD AHB MS DWC. Performed the experiments: BH MI DF HAE. Analyzed the data: SKS GD AHB BH HAE AN DWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKS DWC. Wrote the paper: SKS GD AHB SEA SL MS DWC. Contributed in patient enrollment: AN. Supervised the invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance: SEA.