Burden of lower respiratory infections in the Eastern Mediterranean Region between 1990 and 2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study by Global Burden of Disease 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region LRI Collaborators

“…<strong>Methods</strong> We conducted a systematic analysis of mortality and morbidity data for LRI and its specific etiologic factors, including pneumococcus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza virus. …”

B cell memory to a serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine in childhood and response to booster: little association with serum IgG antibody. by Perrett, K, Jin, C, Clutterbuck, E, John, T, Winter, A, Kibwana, E, Yu, L, Curtis, N, Pollard, A

“…We measured the frequency of circulating serogroup C meningococcal (MenC)-specific memory B cells in 250 healthy 6- to 12-y-old children 6 y following MenC conjugate vaccine priming, before a booster of a combined Haemophilus influenzae type b-MenC conjugate vaccine and then 1 wk, 1 mo, and 1 y after the booster. …”

Recommended immunization schedule for children and adolescents: the Korean Pediatric Society, 2013 by Dae Sun Jo, Jong-Hyun Kim, Eun Hwa Choi, Su Eun Park, Yae-Jean Kim, Yun Kyung Kim, Jina Lee, Byung Wook Eun, Soo Young Lee, Hyunju Lee, Ki Hwan Kim, Kyung-Hyo Kim

“…This article contains the recommended immunization schedule by the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the Korean Pediatric Society, updated in March 2013, when Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine is now included in the National Immunization Program in Korea. …”
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WHO and UNICEF estimates of national infant immunization coverage: methods and processes by Anthony Burton, Roeland Monasch, Barbara Lautenbach, Marta Gacic-Dobo, Maryanne Neill, Rouslan Karimov, Lara Wolfson, Gareth Jones, Maureen Birmingham

“…WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) annually review data on immunization coverage to estimate national coverage with routine service delivery of the following vaccines: bacille Calmette-Guérin; diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, first and third doses; either oral polio vaccine or inactivated polio vaccine, third dose of either; hepatitis B, third dose; Haemophilus influenzae type b, third dose; and a measles virus-containing vaccine, either for measles alone or in the form of a combination vaccine, one dose. …”
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Bloodstream infection among children presenting to a general hospital outpatient clinic in urban Nepal. by Rahul Pradhan, Umesh Shrestha, Samir C Gautam, Stephen Thorson, Kabindra Shrestha, Bharat K Yadav, Dominic F Kelly, Neelam Adhikari, Andrew J Pollard, David R Murdoch

“…Paratyphi) in 30 (3%), Streptococcus pneumoniae in 6 (0.6%), S. enterica serovar Typhimurium in 2 (0.2%), Haemophilus influenzae type b in 1 (0.1%), and Escherichia coli in 1 (0.1%) patient. …”
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Vaccination in Older Adults in Singapore: A Summary of Recent Literature by Minh Ha Nguyen MBBS, MRCP, Li Li Chen CGP, Kiat Wee Lim BSc (Pharm), Wei Terk Chang BPharm, Kaysar Mamun ABIM, ABGM, FAMS

“…The administrations of other vaccines (meningococcal, hepatitis A and B, varicella and Haemophilus influenzae type b) are recommended only in older people with certain risk factors. …”
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RE-VACCINATION OF CHILDREN OVER 1,5 YEARS OLD AGAINST DIPHTHERIA, PERTUSSIS, TETANUS, POLIOMYELITIS AND HEMOPHILIC INFECTION by S.M. Kharit, T.V. Chernyaeva, E.P. Nacharova, G.A. Vasil’eva, A.A. Ruleva

“…An estimation of reactogenicity of vaccine proved its safety and suitability of administration as first re-vaccination against pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis and one-time vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b in children after 1 year old in different state of health.…”
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Diagnosis of Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Bacterial Infections with the Use of Multiplex PCR Assays by Jenny Kourea-Kremastinou, Georgina Tzanakaki, Panayotis Markoulatos, Olga Paniara, Antonia Makri, Athina Argyropoulou, Aliki Voyiatzi, Maria Sioumala, Maria Tsolia, Athanasia Xirogianni

“…Among the positive samples, Streptococcus pneumoniae (mainly serotype 3) was predominant (104/212; 49.0%), followed by non-typable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) 59/212; 27.8%) and Streptococcus pyogenes (47/212; 22%). Haemophilus influenzae type b was detected in only three samples. …”
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Hexavalent vaccines: increasing options for policy-makers and providers. A review of the data supporting interchangeability (substitution with vaccines containing fewer antigens) a... by Jan Dolhain, Winnie Janssens, Narcisa Mesaros, Linda Hanssens, Frederik Fierens

“…Infanrix hexa (combined diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-hepatitis B-inactivated poliovirus-Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine, DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib, GSK) is longest on the market, providing 16 years post-marketing experience. …”
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Clinical use of multiplex-PCR for the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis by Nupur Sharma, Hitender Gautam, Sonu Tyagi, Shahid Raza, Sarita Mohapatra, Seema Sood, Benu Dhawan, Arti Kapil, Bimal K Das

“…We designed and evaluated two sets of multiplex-PCR assays for the simultaneous detection of six major etiologies of ABM i.e., Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and Neisseria meningitidis in one set and Listeria monocytogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae, and Escherichia coli in another set of multiplex-PCR in CSF of patients with suspected ABM. …”
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Abnormal Brain Connectivity Spectrum Disorders Following Thimerosal Administration by David A. Geier, Janet K. Kern, Kristin G. Homme, Mark R. Geier

“…Methods: A hypothesis testing case-control study evaluated the Vaccine Safety Datalink for the potential dose-dependent odds ratios (ORs) for diagnoses of ASD, TD, and ADD/ADHD compared to controls, following exposure to Hg from thimerosal-containing Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines administrated within the first 15 months of life. …”
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Possible Cross-Reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, CRM197 and Proteins in Pneumococcal Vaccines May Protect Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Disease and Death by Robert Root-Bernstein

“…CRM197 is also present in <i>Haemophilus influenzae type b</i> (Hib) and meningitis vaccines. …”
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Identification of antigen-specific B cell receptor sequences using public repertoire analysis. by Trück, J, Ramasamy, M, Galson, J, Rance, R, Parkhill, J, Lunter, G, Pollard, A, Kelly, D

“…A conjugate vaccine containing Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and group C meningococcal polysaccharides, as well as tetanus toxoid (TT), was used to investigate the BCR repertoire of adult humans following immunization and to test the hypothesis that public or convergent repertoire analysis could identify Ag-specific sequences. …”

Direct detection of the multidrug resistance genome of Haemophilus influenzae in cerebrospinal fluid of children: implications for treatment of meningitis. by Saha, S, Darmstadt, G, Baqui, A, Islam, N, Qazi, S, Islam, M, El Arifeen, S, Santosham, M, Black, R, Crook, D

“… BACKGROUND: Multidrug resistance (MDR), specifically to ampicillin and chloramphenicol, has complicated the treatment of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) meningitis. This is worsened by use of prior antibiotics, which limits identification of the causative agent by culture and increases reliance on antigen detection. …”

Bloodstream infection among children presenting to a general hospital outpatient clinic in urban Nepal by Pradhan, R, Shrestha, U, Gautam, S, Thorson, S, Shrestha, K, Yadav, B, Kelly, D, Adhikari, N, Pollard, A, Murdoch, DR

“…Paratyphi) in 30 (3%), Streptococcus pneumoniae in 6 (0.6%), S. enterica serovar Typhimurium in 2 (0.2%), Haemophilus influenzae type b in 1 (0.1%), and Escherichia coli in 1 (0.1%) patient. …”

Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis among children in Brazil, 1997-1998 by Débora PL Weiss, Paul Coplan, Harry Guess

“…OBJECTIVE: To document the incidence and the descriptive epidemiology of bacterial meningitis among individuals under age 20 in a geographically defined region in Brazil during the two-year period immediately preceding the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines into the national immunization program of Brazil. …”
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Invasive Haemophilus influenzae<it/> infections in Germany: impact of non-type b serotypes in the post-vaccine era by Milde-Busch Astrid, Grote Veit, Gröndahl Britta, Siedler Anette, Kalies Helen, von Kries Rüdiger

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination led to a significant decrease in invasive bacterial infections in children. …”
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Vaccines to prevent pneumonia and improve child survival by Shabir A Madhi, Orin S Levine, Rana Hajjeh, Osman D Mansoor, Thomas Cherian

“…Vaccines against the two leading bacterial causes of child pneumonia deaths, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), can further improve child survival by preventing about 1 075 000 child deaths per year. …”
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Determinants of vaccine uptake in HIV-affected families from West Bengal by Bikas K. Arya, Tila Khan, Ranjan Saurav Das, Rajlakshmi Guha, Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya

“…We previously conducted a study on the impact of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) in 125 HIV-affected families and 47 HIV-unaffected families in West Bengal. …”
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Validation of the shake test for detecting freeze damage to adsorbed vaccines by Ümit Kartoglu, Nejat Kenan Özgüler, Lara J Wolfson, Wiesław Kurzatkowski

“…Particles in the non-frozen samples measured from 1 μm (vaccines against diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis; Haemophilus influenzae type b; hepatitis B; diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-hepatitis B) to 20 μm (diphtheria and tetanus vaccines, alone or in combination). …”
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