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Chrispin Chaguza, Email: cc19@sanger.ac.uk
Conceptualisation and study design: C.C. and S.D.B. Sample collection, microbiology and molecular work: D.B.E., J.E.C., C.P., C.E., G.P., S.O., R.S.H., N.F., A.V.G., M.D.P., M.A., B.A.K.A., B.S. and J.M.C. Whole-genome sequencing: SDB. Data curation and quality checks: C.C., J.E.C., S.W.L. and R.A.G. Bioinformatics and statistical analysis: C.C. Suggestions on GWAS analysis: G.T. Drafting initial manuscript: C.C. and S.D.B. Discussion and interpretation of the findings, and review and editing of the manuscript: C.C., M.Y., J.E.C., S.W.L., R.A.G., J.E.C., B.S., M.A., C.P., G.T., G.P., M.D.P., M.S., S.O., B.A.K.A., S.O., J.M.C., A.V.G., N.F., R.S.H., R.F.B., L.M., R.F.B., K.P.K., D.B.E., A.K. and S.D.B.
We thank the clinical and laboratory teams at the collaborating institutions, and the sequencing and informatics teams at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. We are also grateful for the insightful feedback on the manuscript provided by Dr. Bernard Beall and Dr. Allen S. Craig at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US.
The authors declare no competing interests.
This study was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (grant number: OPP1023440 and OPP1034556). C.C., G.T. and S.D.B. were supported by funding from the Joint Programme Initiative for Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR). The contents of this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of their affiliated institutions and the funding agencies.
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