Construction of Opa-Positive and Opa-Negative Strains of Neisseria meningitidis to Evaluate a Novel Meningococcal Vaccine

• Manish Sadarangani ,

  * E-mail: manish.sadarangani@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• J. Claire Hoe,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Martin J. Callaghan,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Claire Jones,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Hannah Chan,

  Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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• Katherine Makepeace,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Hélène Daniels-Treffandier,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Mary E. Deadman,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Christopher Bayliss,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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• Ian Feavers,

  Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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• Peter van der Ley,

  Affiliation Department of Vaccinology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Andrew J. Pollard

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

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