Increase of Neisseria meningitidis W:cc11 invasive disease in Chile has no correlation with carriage in adolescents

• Paulina S. Rubilar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Sub-Department of Molecular Genetics, Biomedical Department, Public Health Institute, Santiago, Chile, Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Gisselle N. Barra,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Sub-Department of Molecular Genetics, Biomedical Department, Public Health Institute, Santiago, Chile

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• Jean-Marc Gabastou,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States of America

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• Pedro Alarcón,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Bacteriology section, Infectious Diseases Sub-Department, Biomedical Department, Public Health Institute, Santiago, Chile

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• Pamela Araya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Bacteriology section, Infectious Diseases Sub-Department, Biomedical Department, Public Health Institute, Santiago, Chile

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• Juan C. Hormazábal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious diseases sub-Department, Biomedical laboratory department, Public Health Institute, Santiago, Chile

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• Jorge Fernandez

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

  * E-mail: jfernand@ispch.cl

  Affiliation Sub-Department of Molecular Genetics, Biomedical Department, Public Health Institute, Santiago, Chile

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0281-043X

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