About the Authors

Adam C. Retchless

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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

Alex Chen

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

How-Yi Chang

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Division of Preparedness And Emerging Infections, National Center For Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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

Amy E. Blain

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Lucy A. McNamara

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

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

Mustapha M. Mustapha

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbial Genomic Epidemiology Laboratory, Center for Genomic Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lee H. Harrison

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbial Genomic Epidemiology Laboratory, Center for Genomic Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xin Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gqe8@cdc.gov

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

Competing Interests

L.H.H. has served as a consultant for GSK, Sanofi Pasteur, Pfizer, and Merck in the area of epidemiology and vaccine prevention of bacterial diseases. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.