Re-emergence of thiamine deficiency disease in the Pacific islands (2014–15): A case-control study

• Eric J. Nilles ,

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

  * E-mail: enilles@bwh.harvard.edu

  Current address: Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America; Division of International Emergency Medicine and Humanitarian Programs, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response, Division of Pacific Technical Support, World Health Organization, Suva, Fiji

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7044-5257

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• Atarota Manaia,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Kuria, Kiribati

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• Bineta Ruaia,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Nawerewere, Tarawa, Kiribati

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• Clare Huppatz,

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

  Affiliation Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response, Division of Pacific Technical Support, World Health Organization, Suva, Fiji

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• Catherine Ward,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response, Division of Pacific Technical Support, World Health Organization, Suva, Fiji

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• Peter George,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

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• Christiaan Sies,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand

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• Alessio Cangiano,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

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• James Sejvar,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• André Reiffer,

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

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Nawerewere, Tarawa, Kiribati

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• Teatoa Tira

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Nawerewere, Tarawa, Kiribati

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