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1. 2011 WHO Meningitis Manual AuthorsDivision of Bacterial Diseases
   National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   Meningitis 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
2. 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
3. 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

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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