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Vaccine-Induced Waning of Haemophilus influenzae Empyema and Meningitis, Angola

In Angola during 2003–2012, we detected Haemophilus influenzae in 18% of 2,634 and 26% of 2,996 bacteriologically positive pleural or cerebrospinal fluid samples, respectively, from children. After vaccination launch in 2006, H. influenzae empyema declined by 83% and meningitis by 86%. Severe H. inf...

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Autores principales: Peltola, Heikki, Pelkonen, Tuula, Bernardino, Luis, Monteiro, Lurdes, Silvestre, Silvia da Conceição, Anjos, Elizabete, Cruzeiro, Manuel Leite, Pitkäranta, Anne, Roine, Irmeli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4214300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25340259
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2011.140400