1. The Bernard Pridan Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv,1 and
2. University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma2;
3. Laboratory Corporation of America, and Department of Pathology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas3; and
4. Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia4
5. the Department of Pediatrics, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa,5 Israel;