Differences in the population structure of Neisseria meningitidis in two Australian states: Victoria and Western Australia

• Shakeel Mowlaboccus,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marshall Center for Infectious Disease Research and Training, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Christopher A. Mullally,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Marshall Center for Infectious Disease Research and Training, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Peter C. Richmond,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Benjamin P. Howden,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliations Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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• Kerrie Stevens,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• David J. Speers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, QEII Medical Centre, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Anthony D. Keil,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Australia

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• Ottar N. Bjørnstad,

  Roles Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Timothy T. Perkins,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Marshall Center for Infectious Disease Research and Training, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Charlene M. Kahler

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Charlene.Kahler@uwa.edu.au

  Affiliations Marshall Center for Infectious Disease Research and Training, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4322-3055

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