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Corresponding Author: Kedibone M. Ndlangisa E-mail: kedibonen@nicd.ac.za
Conceived and designed the experiments: AVG KPK MDP NW.
Performed the experiments: KMN LDG.
Analyzed the data: KMN LDG MDP.
Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVG MDP.
Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KMN LDG AVG KPK MDP NW.
We thank GERMS-SA (Group for Enteric, Respiratory and Meningeal Surveillance) for coordinating national surveillance of IPD in South Africa.
We are grateful to CRDM laboratory staff for their technical input and all clinical and laboratory staff throughout South Africa for submitting case reports and isolates for the GERMS-SA national surveillance program, and all patients whose isolates were used in the study.
We acknowledge the use of the pneumococcal MLST database which is located at Imperial College London and is funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Molecular characterization of isolates was funded by Pfizer Vaccines Research.
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Author Disclosures:Anne von Gottberg and Mignon du Plessis have received research funding from Pfizer.
In addition, Anne von Gottberg has received research funding from Sanofi Pasteur. Keith P. Klugman has received consultancy fees from Pfizer, Sanofi Pasteur, and Novartis.
The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC
This work was funded by the National Health Laboratory Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Global AIDS Program Cooperative Agreement U62/PSO022901.
© 2014 Ndlangisa et al.