Prevalence and Clinical Course in Invasive Infections with Meningococcal Endotoxin Variants

• Gerwin D. Rodenburg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gerwin D. Rodenburg, Floris Fransen

  * E-mail: g.d.rodenburg@umcutrecht.nl

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Floris Fransen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gerwin D. Rodenburg, Floris Fransen

  Affiliations Unit Vaccinology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Debby Bogaert,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Kim Schipper,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Rolf H. H. Groenwold,

  Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Hendrik Jan Hamstra,

  Affiliation Unit Vaccinology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Brenda M. Westerhuis,

  Affiliation Unit Vaccinology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Diederik van de Beek,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Peter van der Ley,

  Affiliation Unit Vaccinology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Elisabeth A. M. Sanders ,

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Arie van der Ende

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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