A polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in children and its evaluation during a vaccine trial

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-312

  Hassan King, Musa ^a   Adegbola, Richard ^a   Baldeh, Ignatius ^b   Mulholland, Kim ^b   Omosigho, Charles ^b   Oparaugo, Anslem ^c   Usen, Stanley ^c   Palmer, Ayo ^c   Schneider, Gisela ^a   Secka, Ousman ^a   Weber, Martin ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^c Sibanor Mission Hospital   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae type b; Polymerase chain reaction diagnosis; Vaccine evaluation

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; HIB POLYRIBOSYLRIBITOL PHOSPHATE TETANUS PROTEIN CONJUGATE VACCINE; PRP T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VACCINATION;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINES, COMBINED; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 0031970130     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199804000-00008     Document Type: Article

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