Vaccine-Induced Waning of Haemophilus influenzae Empyema and Meningitis, Angola

Peltola, Heikki; Pelkonen, Tuula; Bernardino, Luis; Monteiro, Lurdes; Silvestre, Silvia da Conceição; Anjos, Elizabete; Cruzeiro, Manuel Leite; Pitkäranta, Anne; Roine, Irmeli

doi:10.3201/eid2011.140400

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Vaccine-Induced Waning of Haemophilus influenzae Empyema and Meningitis, Angola

Published Date:

Nov 2014

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2011.140400 New Site Icon

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 20(11):1887-1890.

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Peltola, Heikki ; Pelkonen, Tuula ; Bernardino, Luis ; Monteiro, Lurdes ; Silvestre, Silvia da Conceição ; ... More ▼

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Document Type:

Journal Article

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

Description:

In Angola during 2003-2012, we detected Haemophilus influenzae in 18% of 2,634 and 26% of 2,996 bacteriologically positive pleural or cerebrospinal fluid samples, respectively, from children. After vaccination launch in 2006, H. influenzae empyema declined by 83% and meningitis by 86%. Severe H. influenzae pneumonia and meningitis are preventable by vaccination.

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