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
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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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author Myers, Angela L.
Jackson, Mary Anne
Zhang, Lixin
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Gilsdorf, Janet R.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-51762382017-01-01 Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014 Myers, Angela L. Jackson, Mary Anne Zhang, Lixin Swanson, Douglas S. Gilsdorf, Janet R. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5176238/ /pubmed/27983486 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.160593 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014
title_full Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014
title_fullStr Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014
title_full_unstemmed Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014
title_short Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014
title_sort haemophilus influenzae type b invasive disease in amish children, missouri, usa, 2014
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176238/
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