Hib PS-vaccinated patients (VP) who develop Hib disease have deficient serum antibody (AB) responses to Hib PS despite normal concentrations of Ig and tetanus AB (NEJM 1986;315). We now report the IgG ...

Twenty-six healthy children previously immunized (imm) with the Hib capsular polysaccharide (Hib CP) vaccine at age 19 to 38 mos (GM=28 mos; 1 of 26 <24 mos) developed Hib systemic disease at age 22 ...

BOSTON — The introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae B (Hib) vaccine has coincided with a sharp decline in the number of periorbital and orbital cellulitis cases related to H. influenzae, according ...

London, UK, 09 August 2006 – The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) today publishes research showing that routine vaccination of infants in Kenya against H. influenzae Type b (Hib) ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, the Detroit Public Schools Community District confirmed there were cases of Haemophilus influenzae in students at Marcus Garvey ...

A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to 200 million childhood infections every year could be possible, experts say. The team found that H. influenzae from around the world show ...

Petri dish with a brown agar base, featuring clusters of small, round, pink bacterial colonies of H. Influenza. Blue handwritten text on the lid. A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to ...

The effect of a Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) polyribosylribitol phosphate-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine (Hib/PRP-T) on oropharyngeal carriage of Hib was studied during an efficacy trial in ...

Credit: Getty Images The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices convened to vote on new vaccine recommendations at their first meeting of 2024. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Since the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines, meningitis caused by serotypes other than Hib has gained in importance. We conducted active hospital-based ...

Ashlee Dahlberg’s son, Liam, came home from school with a headache; the next day he was rushed to the hospital, nearly unresponsive An MRI that showed the 8-year-old's brain and spinal cord were ...