Authors/Acknowledgements

2011 WHO Meningitis Manual Authors
Division 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
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
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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