Unknown

Dataset Information

0

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


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Myers AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5176238 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

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

Myers Angela L AL   Jackson Mary Anne MA   Zhang Lixin L   Swanson Douglas S DS   Gilsdorf Janet R JR  

Emerging infectious diseases 20170101 1


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. ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC165342 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8510165 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4593434 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8888215 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5890693 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8767337 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC152026 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8482018 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6390745 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3310093 | biostudies-literature