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Emerging Infect. Dis. · Nov 2014
Vaccine-induced waning of Haemophilus influenzae empyema and meningitis, Angola.
- Heikki Peltola, Tuula Pelkonen, Luis Bernardino, Lurdes Monteiro, Silvia da Conceição Silvestre, Elizabete Anjos, Manuel Leite Cruzeiro, Anne Pitkäranta, and Irmeli Roine.
- Emerging Infect. Dis. 2014 Nov 1;20(11):1887-90.
AbstractIn Angola during 2003-2012, we detected Haemophilus influenzae in 18% of 2,634 and 26% of 2,996 bacteriologically positive pleural or cerebrospinal fluid samples, respectively, from children. After vaccination launch in 2006, H. influenzae empyema declined by 83% and meningitis by 86%. Severe H. influenzae pneumonia and meningitis are preventable by vaccination.
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