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SUBMITTER: Smith-Vaughan HC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC108359 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith-Vaughan H C HC Sriprakash K S KS Leach A J AJ Mathews J D JD Kemp D J DJ
Infection and immunity 19980701 7
Immunization with Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate polysaccharide vaccines has dramatically reduced Hib disease worldwide. As in other populations, nasopharyngeal carriage of Hib declined markedly in Aboriginal infants following vaccination, although carriage has not been entirely eliminated. In this study, we describe the genetic characteristics and the carriage dynamics of longitudinal isolates of Hib, characterized by using several typing methods. In addition, carriage rates of n ...[more]