Continued occurrence of serotype 1 pneumococcal meningitis in two regions located in the meningitis belt in Ghana five years after introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

• Catherine H. Bozio ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine H. Bozio, Abass Abdul-Karim

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

  * E-mail: ise7@cdc.gov

  Affiliations Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6566-7138

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• Abass Abdul-Karim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine H. Bozio, Abass Abdul-Karim

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

  Affiliation Zonal Public Health Laboratory, Tamale, Ghana

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• John Abenyeri,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Northern Regional Directorate, Tamale, Ghana

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• Braimah Abubakari,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Northern Regional Directorate, Tamale, Ghana

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• Winfred Ofosu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Upper West Regional Directorate, Wa, Ghana

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• Justina Zoya,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Upper West Regional Directorate, Wa, Ghana

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1421-5849

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• Mahamoudou Ouattara,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Velusamy Srinivasan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Jeni T. Vuong,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• David Opare,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Public Health Reference Laboratory, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0691-5020

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• Fernanda C. Lessa

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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