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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 455-463 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases
- Epidemiology