About the Authors

Sung Hye Kim

sunghye.kim@post.harvard.edu

Current address: Division of Pacific Technical Support, World Health Organization, Suva, Fiji

Affiliation Translational Research Division, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Lorenzo Pezzoli

Affiliation Consultant for the Meningitis Vaccine Project, London, United Kingdom

Harouna Yacouba

Affiliation Department of Surveillance, Statistics and Epidemic Response, Ministry of Public Health, Niamey, Niger

Tiekoura Coulibaly

Affiliation Expanded Programme on Immunization, World Health Organization, Niamey, Niger

Mamoudou H. Djingarey

Affiliation Meningitis Vaccine Project Focal Point, Inter-country Support Team for West Africa, World Health Organization, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

William A. Perea

Affiliation Epidemic Readiness and Intervention, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Thomas F. Wierzba

Affiliation Translational Research Division, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK LP HY TC MD WP. Performed the experiments: SK LP. Analyzed the data: SK LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK LP. Wrote the paper: SK LP. Proofread the manuscript: SK LP HY TC MD WP TW.