Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-64

  Minz, S ^a   Balraj, V ^a   Lalitha, M K ^a   Murali, N ^a   Cherian, T ^a   Manoharan, G ^b   Kadirvan, S ^b   Joseph, A ^a   Steinhoff, M C ^c  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Government Pentland Hospital   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Haemophilus meningitis; Incidence; India; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS;

EID: 55849101659     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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