Oropharyngeal meningococcal carriage in children and adolescents, a single center study in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Angela Gentile ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Angela Gentile, Maria Paula Della Latta, Cecilia Sorhouet Pereira, Maria del Valle Juarez, Adriana Efron

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

  * E-mail: angelagentile21@gmail.com

  Affiliation Epidemiology Division, Dr Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-7700

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• Maria Paula Della Latta ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Angela Gentile, Maria Paula Della Latta, Cecilia Sorhouet Pereira, Maria del Valle Juarez, Adriana Efron

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Epidemiology Division, Dr Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Mercedes Bloch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Epidemiology Division, Dr Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Luisina Martorelli ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Clinical Microbiology Service, INEI-ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Barbara Wisner ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Clinical Microbiology Service, INEI-ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Cecilia Sorhouet Pereira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Angela Gentile, Maria Paula Della Latta, Cecilia Sorhouet Pereira, Maria del Valle Juarez, Adriana Efron

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Clinical Microbiology Service, INEI-ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Mabel Regueira ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Clinical Microbiology Service, INEI-ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2869-3542

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• Maria del Valle Juarez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Angela Gentile, Maria Paula Della Latta, Cecilia Sorhouet Pereira, Maria del Valle Juarez, Adriana Efron

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Epidemiology Division, Dr Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Veronica Umido ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Epidemiology Division, Dr Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Adriana Efron

  Contributed equally to this work with: Angela Gentile, Maria Paula Della Latta, Cecilia Sorhouet Pereira, Maria del Valle Juarez, Adriana Efron

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Clinical Microbiology Service, INEI-ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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