Impact of vaccination on Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage in healthy children less than 5 years of age in an urban population in Nepal

Background Reduction in detection of asymptomatic carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) can be used to assess vaccine impact. In Nepal, routine vaccination against Hib in children at 6, 10, and 14 weeks of age was introduced in 2009. Before vaccine introduction, Hib carriage was estimated...

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Main Authors: Shrestha, S, Stockdale, LK, Voysey, M, Gautam, MC, Gurung, M, Feng, S, Maskey, P, Kerridge, S, Kelly, S, Pokhrel, B, Rajbhandari, P, Thorson, S, Khadka, B, Shah, G, Scherer, KS, Kelly, D, Murdoch, DR, Pollard, AJ
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021