Virulence Factors of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Comparison between African and French Invasive Isolates and Implication for Future Vaccines

• Sophie Blumental ,

  * E-mail: sophie.blumental@ulb.ac.be

  Affiliation Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium

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• Alexandra Granger-Farbos,

  Affiliation Molecular Biology Lab, Biology Department, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Robert Picqué, Bordeaux, France

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• Jennifer C. Moïsi,

  Affiliation Agence de Médecine Préventive, Paris, France

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• Bruno Soullié,

  Affiliation Molecular Biology Lab, Biology Department, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Robert Picqué, Bordeaux, France

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• Philippe Leroy,

  Affiliation Molecular Biology Lab, Biology Department, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Robert Picqué, Bordeaux, France

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• Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade,

  Affiliation Agence de Médecine Préventive, Paris, France

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• Seydou Yaro,

  Affiliation Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

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• Boubacar Nacro,

  Affiliation Paediatric Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sourô Sanou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

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• Marie Hallin,

  Affiliation Centre for Molecular Diagnosis, IRIS Lab, Brussels, Belgium

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• Jean-Louis Koeck

  Affiliation Molecular Biology Lab, Biology Department, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Robert Picqué, Bordeaux, France

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