Epidemiology, Molecular Characterization and Antibiotic Resistance of Neisseria meningitidis from Patients ≤15 Years in Manhiça, Rural Mozambique

Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón; Luis Morais; Betuel Sigaúque; Inacio Mandomando; Quique Bassat; Ariel Nhacolo; Llorenç Quintó; Montse Soriano-Gabarró; Pedro L. Alonso; Anna Roca

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019717

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Epidemiology, Molecular Characterization and Antibiotic Resistance of Neisseria meningitidis from Patients ≤15 Years in Manhiça, Rural Mozambique

Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón ,

* E-mail: anabelen.ibarz@cresib.cat (ABI); aroca@clinic.ub.es (AR)

Affiliations Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Luis Morais,

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique
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Betuel Sigaúque,

Affiliations Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique
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Inacio Mandomando,

Affiliations Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministerio de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
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Quique Bassat,

Affiliations Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique
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Ariel Nhacolo,

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique
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Llorenç Quintó,

Affiliation Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Montse Soriano-Gabarró,

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
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Pedro L. Alonso,

Affiliations Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique
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Anna Roca

* E-mail: anabelen.ibarz@cresib.cat (ABI); aroca@clinic.ub.es (AR)

Affiliations Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique
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Epidemiology, Molecular Characterization and Antibiotic Resistance of Neisseria meningitidis from Patients ≤15 Years in Manhiça, Rural Mozambique

Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón,
Luis Morais,
Betuel Sigaúque,
Inacio Mandomando,
Quique Bassat,
Ariel Nhacolo,
Llorenç Quintó,
Montse Soriano-Gabarró,
Pedro L. Alonso,
Anna Roca

Published: June 10, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019717

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