Molecular characteristics of Haemophilus influenzae causing invasive disease during the period of vaccination in Switzerland: Analysis of strains isolated between 1986 and 1993

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 560-563

  Mühlemann, Kathrin ^a   Balz, Marianne ^a   Aebi, Susanne ^a   Schopfer, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030040588     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.560-563.1996     Document Type: Article

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