Using Neisseria meningitidis genomic diversity to inform outbreak strain identification

• 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7185-591X

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• 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-2556

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• 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9097-7445

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• 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

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• 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8240-7493

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• 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

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• 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

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• Xin Wang

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

  * E-mail: 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7157-0022

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