Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among HIV-infected and –uninfected children <5 years of age before introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Mozambique

• Jennifer R. Verani ,

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

  * E-mail: jverani@cdc.gov (JRV); betuel.sigauque@manhica.net (BS)

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5267-1883

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• Sérgio Massora,

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

  Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça / Fundação Manhiça, Manhiça, Moçambique

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• Sozinho Acácio,

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

  Affiliations Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça / Fundação Manhiça, Manhiça, Moçambique, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério de Saúde, Maputo, Moçambique

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• Rita Teresa dos Santos,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hospital Central de Nampula, Ministério de Saúde, Nampula Moçambique

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• Delfino Vubil,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça / Fundação Manhiça, Manhiça, Moçambique

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• Fabiana Pimenta,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Iaci Moura,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Cynthia G. Whitney,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Maria Helena Costa,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hospital Genral de Mavalane, Ministério de Saúde, Maputo, Moçambique

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• Eusébio Macete,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça / Fundação Manhiça, Manhiça, Moçambique

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• Maria Benigna Matsinhe,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministério de Saúde, Manhiça, Moçambique

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• Maria da Gloria Carvalho,

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

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Betuel Sigaúque

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jverani@cdc.gov (JRV); betuel.sigauque@manhica.net (BS)

  Affiliations Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça / Fundação Manhiça, Manhiça, Moçambique, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério de Saúde, Maputo, Moçambique

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