Genetic characteristics and molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci isolates from Caribbean countries

• Patrick Eberechi Akpaka ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: peakpaka@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliation The University of the West Indies, Paraclinical Sciences, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9895-3077

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• Shivnarine Kissoon †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation The University of the West Indies, Paraclinical Sciences, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago

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• Padman Jayaratne,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation McMaster University, Department of Pathological Sciences, Hamilton, Canada

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• Clyde Wilson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Hamilton, Bermuda

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• George R. Golding,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Alison M. Nicholson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation The University of the West Indies, Department of Microbiology, Mona—Kingston, Jamaica

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• Delores B. Lewis,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation The University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill, Barbados

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• Sandra M. Hermelijn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Paramaribo, Suriname

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• Alexis Wilson-Pearson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alexis Wilson-Pearson, Ashley Smith

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors share the last authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Microbiology Laboratory, Georgetown, Guyana

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• Ashley Smith

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alexis Wilson-Pearson, Ashley Smith

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors share the last authorship on this work.

  Affiliation King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Hamilton, Bermuda

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