The fitness of most pathogenic microorganisms depends on transmission from host to host.
This requires adaptation for dissemination, translocation and survival between hosts, as well …

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is one of the leading causes of invasive bacterial
infection in young children worldwide. During childhood, acquisition of antibody directed …

Children 12-18 months old were randomized to receive one dose of a conjugate heptavalent
pneumococcal vaccine, two doses of the same vaccine, or one dose of a 23-valent native …

Conjugate vaccines protect vaccinated individuals against both disease from and
nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae …

Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) was previously the most common cause of
bacterial meningitis and an important etiologic agent of pneumonia in children aged< 5 …

Conjugate vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Rib) may modify Rib
pharyngeal colonization. Rib colonization was compared in 371 infants and their families. In …

The epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections was evaluated in Ontario
between 1989 and 2007 to assess the impact of the introduction of the conjugate H …

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is an important pathogen in children< 5 years of age.
The Hib conjugate vaccines were the first polysaccharide–protein conjugate vaccines to be …

Pharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is important in the transmission
of Hib organisms, the pathogenesis of Hib disease, and the development of immunity to the …

H. influenzae serotype b (Hib) used to be the commonest cause of bacterial meningitis in
young children. The widespread use of Hib conjugate vaccine has profoundly altered the …