Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children

• Sopio Chochua ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Valérie D'Acremont ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Christiane Hanke ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• David Alfa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Joshua Shak ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Mary Kilowoko ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliation Amana Hospital, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Esther Kyungu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliation St. Francis Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Laurent Kaiser ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Infectious Diseases and Division of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Blaise Genton ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Infectious Diseases Service, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Keith P. Klugman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jorge E. Vidal

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sopio Chochua, Valérie D'Acremont, Christiane Hanke, David Alfa, Joshua Shak, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Laurent Kaiser, Blaise Genton, Keith P. Klugman, Jorge E. Vidal

  * E-mail: jvidalg@emory.edu

  Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0573-5658

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