Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014

During 5 months in 2014, three Amish children in Missouri, USA, were diagnosed with invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infection. Two were rural neighbors infected with a genetically similar rare strain, sequence type 45. One child had recently traveled, raising the possibility of maintenance of...

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Autores principales: Myers, Angela L., Jackson, Mary Anne, Zhang, Lixin, Swanson, Douglas S., Gilsdorf, Janet R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983486
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.160593
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Sumario:During 5 months in 2014, three Amish children in Missouri, USA, were diagnosed with invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infection. Two were rural neighbors infected with a genetically similar rare strain, sequence type 45. One child had recently traveled, raising the possibility of maintenance of this strain among unvaccinated carriers in Amish communities.

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