Nature abhors a vacuum, but public health is loving it: The sustained decrease in the rate of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 831-833

  Butler, Jay C ^a,b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 14944339287     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428064     Document Type: Note

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