Spectrum and burden of severe haemophilus influenzae type b diseases in Asia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 878-887

  Peltola, H ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asia; Haemophilus infections, epidemiology, ethnology; Haemophilus influenzae type b, pathogenicity; Meningitis; Pneumonia; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BANGLADESH; CELLULITIS; EPIGLOTTITIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HONG KONG; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHILIPPINES; SEPTICEMIA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION;

ASIA;

EID: 0032794397     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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