Rapid assessment tool for Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in developing countries

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1270-1276

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a   Nelson, Christopher B ^b   Watt, James P ^a,c   Mohsni, Ezzeddine ^b   Wenger, Jay D ^b   Levine, Orin S ^a,c  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GHANA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA; UZBEKISTAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 3042697868     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1007.030737     Document Type: Article

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