Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease, Europe, 1996-2006

Shamez Ladhani, Mary P E Slack, Paul T. Heath, Anne Von Gottberg, Manosree Chandra, Mary E. Ramsay, Peter McIntyre, Lyn Gilbert, Geoff Hogg, Reinhild Strauss, Sigrid Heuberger, Germaine Hanquet, Francoise Crokaert, Pavla Krizova, Vera Lebedova, Kåre Mølbak, Jens Jørgen Christensen, Kuulo Kutsar, Unna Joks, Elja HervaTarja Kaijalainen, Maija Leinonen, Petri Ruutu, Agnes Lepoutre, Henri Dabernat, Anette Siedler, Heinz J. Schmitt, Marie Theodoridou, Anastasia Pangalis, Georgina Tzanakaki, Miklos Fuzi, Katalin Krisztalovics, Thorolfur Gudnason, Hjordis Hardardottir, Mary Cafferkey, Suzanne Cotter, Darina O'Flanagan, Ron Dagan, Marina Cerquetti, Marta Ciofi Degli Atti, Irina Lucenko, Grazina Rimseliene, Snieguole Dauksiene, Pierette Huberty-Krau, Francois Schneider, Jackie Maistre Melillo, Sabine De Greeff, Hester De Melker, Lodewijk Spanjaard, Hans Blystad, E. Arne Hoiby, Øistein Løvoll, Andrzej Zielinski, Waleria Hryniewicz, Anna Skoczynska, Marcin Kadlubowski, Laurinda Queirós, Paula Lavado, Claire Cameron, Barbara Denham, Fiona Johnston, Margareta Slacikova, Elena Novakova, Alenka Kraigher, Metka Paragi, Jose Campos, Javier Diez-Domingo, Rose Marie Carlsson, Birgitta Henriques Normark, Hans Peter Zimmermann

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Abstract

An international collaboration was established in 1996 to monitor the impact of routine Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination on invasive H. influenzae disease; 14 countries routinely serotype all clinical isolates. Of the 10,081 invasive H. influenzae infections reported during 1996-2006, 4,466 (44%, incidence 0.28 infections/100,000 population) were due to noncapsulated H. influenzae (ncHi); 2,836 (28%, 0.15/100,000), to Hib; and 690 (7%, 0.036/100,000), to non-b encapsulated H. influenzae. Invasive ncHi infections occurred in older persons more often than Hib (median age 58 years vs. 5 years, p

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)455-463
Number of pages9
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology

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