Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b (Hib) Disease

 

MMWR Articles CDC. Combination Vaccines for Childhood Immunization, MMWR Vol 48, No RR05;1 05/14/1999 CDC. Progress Toward Eliminating Haemophilus influenzae Type b Disease MMWR Vol 47, No 46;993 11/27/1998 CDC. Haemophilus influenzae Invasive Disease Among Children Aged less than 5 years MMWR Vol 47, No 35;737 09/11/1998 CDC. Progress Toward Elimination of Haemophilus influenzae Type b MMWR Vol 45, No 42;901 10/25/1996 CDC. Progress Toward Elimination of Hib Disease Among Infants Children MMWR Vol 44, No 29;545 07/28/1995 CDC. Recommendations for Use of Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccines MMWR Vol 42, No RR13;001 09/17/1993 ACIP Recommendations for Use of Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccines and a Combined Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, and Haemophilus b Vaccine MMWR Vol. 42 / RR-13 Control and Prevention of Meningococcal Disease and Control and Prevention of Serogroup C Meningococcal Disease: Evaluation and Management of Suspected Outbreaks MMWR Recommendations and Reports February 14, 1997 / Vol.46 / No. RR-5 Links ACIP recommendations Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) NIP’s Manual for the surveillance for vaccine preventable diseases Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis - Manual References Rosenstein N, Perkins B. Update of Haemophilus influenzae serotype B and meningococcal vaccines. Ped Clin North Amer 2000; 47: 337-352. Bisgard KM, Kao A, Leake JA, Strebel P, Perkins BA, Wharton M. Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease in the United States, 1994-1995: near disappearance of a vaccine-preventable childhood disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases 1998; 4(2): 229-237. Galil K, Singleton R, Levine OS, et al. Reemergence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in a well-vaccinated population in remote Alaska. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1999; 179: 101-106. Adams WG, Deaver KA, Cochi SL, Plikaytis BD, Zell ER, Broome CV, Wenger JD. Decline of childhood Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the Hib vaccine era. Journal of the American Medical Association 1993; 269: 221-226. LaClaire LL, Tondella MLC, Beall DS, Nobel CA, Raghunatnan PL, Rosenstein NE, Popovic T, and the ABCs Team Members. Identification of Haemophilus influenzae serotypes by standard slide agglutination serotyping and PCR-based capsule typing. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41(1): 393-396.

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