Whole genome sequence analysis of Neisseria meningitidis strains circulating in Kazakhstan, 2017–2018

• Alexandr Shevtsov ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandr Shevtsov, Gilles Vergnaud

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ncbshevtsov@gmail.com

  Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology, Astana, Kazakhstan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0307-1053

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• Zabida Aushakhmetova,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Centre of expertise CSEC MN RK, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Asylulan Amirgazin,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Olga Khegay,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Centre of expertise CSEC MN RK, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Dinara Kamalova,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Bibiaisha Sanakulova,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Centre of expertise CSEC MN RK, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Askar Abdaliyev,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Centre of expertise CSEC MN RK, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Dinagul Bayesheva,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Medical University Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan, Multidisciplinary City Children’s Hospital №3, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Aliya Seidullayeva,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Medical University Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan, Multidisciplinary City Children’s Hospital №3, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Yerlan Ramankulov,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations National Center for Biotechnology, Astana, Kazakhstan, School of Science and Humanities Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Alexandr Shustov,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Gilles Vergnaud

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandr Shevtsov, Gilles Vergnaud

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

  Affiliation CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0913-194X

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