Clinical and molecular epidemiology of childhood invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae disease in England and Wales

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e76-e84

  Collins, Sarah ^a   Vickers, Anna ^a   Ladhani, Shamez N ^a,b   Flynn, Sally ^a   Platt, Steven ^a   Ramsay, Mary E ^a   Litt, David J ^a   Slack, Mary P E ^a,c,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemiology; Haemophilus influenzae; MLST; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONTYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; WALES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROGROUP; WALES;

EID: 84959190939     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000996     Document Type: Article

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