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2011 WHO Meningitis Manual Authors
Division of Bacterial Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMeningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch
- Dana CASTILLO
- Brian HARCOURT
- Cynthia HATCHER
- Michael JACKSON
- Lee KATZ
- Raydel MAIR
- Leonard MAYER
Chief, Meningitis Laboratory
- Ryan NOVAK
- Lila RAHALISON
- Susanna SCHMINK
- Jordan THEODORE
- Jennifer THOMAS
- Jeni VUONG
- Xin WANG
Respiratory Diseases Branch
- Lesley MCGEE
Other Institutions
- Dominique A. CAUGANT
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci
Department of Bacteriology and Immunology
Norwegian Institute of Public Health - Susanne CHANTEAU
Institut Pasteur
Nouméa
New Caledonia
- Sébastien COGNAT
International Health Regulations Coordination
Health Security and Environment
World Health Organization
Lyon
France - Pierre NICOLAS
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci
Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées - IMTSSA
Marseille
France
Reviewers
- Bernard BEALL
Chief, Streptococcus Laboratory
Respiratory Diseases Branch
Division of Bacterial Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Thomas CLARK
Epidemiology Team Lead, Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch
Division of Bacterial Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Amanda COHN
Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch
Division of Bacterial Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Kimberley FOX
Expanded Programme on Immunization
World Health Organization
Western Pacific Regional Office
Manila
Philippines - Anne von GOTTBERG
Head of Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Reference Unit
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Johannesburg
South Africa - Nancy MESSONNIER
Chief, Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch
Division of Bacterial Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rasmata OUEDRAOGO
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles de Gaulle
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso - Fem Julia PALADIN
Expanded Programme on Immunization
World Health Organization
Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Manila
Philippines - Tanja POPOVIC
Deputy Associate Director for Science
Office of the Associate Director for Science
Office of the Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Manju RANI
Expanded Programme on Immunization
World Health Organization
Western Pacific Regional Office
Manila
Philippines - Aparna Singh SHAH
Expanded Programme on Immunization
South East Asia Regional Office
World Health Organization
New Delhi
India - Muhamed-Kheir TAHA
Head of the Unit Invasive Bacterial Infections
Director of the National Reference Center for Meningococci
Institut Pasteur
Paris
France - Cynthia WHITNEY
Chief, Respiratory Diseases Branch
Division of Bacterial Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Bernard BEALL
2011 WHO Meningitis Manual other Contributors
- Mary AGOCS
Expanded Programme on Immunization
Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals
World Health Organization
Geneva
Switzerland - Eric BERTHERAT
Epidemic Readiness and Intervention
Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response
World Health Organization
Geneva
Switzerland - Jean Bosco NDIHOKUBWAYO
Division of Health System and Services Development
World Health Organization
Regional Office for Africa
Brazzaville
Republic of Congo
- Fatima SERHAN
Expanded Programme on Immunization
Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals
World Health Organization
Geneva
Switzerland - Stephanie SCHWARTZ
Division of Bacterial Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mary AGOCS
Acknowledgements
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) express their gratitude to those who have contributed their time and experience to this 2nd edition of the "Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae".
Special thanks should be given to Dr. Leonard Mayer, CDC, Atlanta, USA, WHO Collaborating Center for Meningitis, for taking the lead in the process of developing as well as compiling and editing this manual.
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