Epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type A disease among Navajo and White Mountain Apache children, 1988-2003

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 823-830

  Millar, Eugene V ^a,f   O'Brien, Katherine L ^a   Watt, James P ^a   Lingappa, Jairam ^b,e   Pallipamu, Ravi ^c   Rosenstein, Nancy ^b   Hu, Diana ^d   Reid, Raymond ^a   Santosham, Mathuram ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Tuba City Indian Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW;

ARIZONA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; UTAH;

EID: 14944379148     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428047     Document Type: Review

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