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Assessing Respiratory Immune Responses to Haemophilus Influenzae
Published on: June 29, 2021
Community effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in India
Valsan Philip Verghese1, Ingrid K Friberg, Thomas Cherian
1Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. valsan@cmcvellore.ac.in
Abstract:
We assessed the effect of distribution of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine in the private health care sector on Hib meningitis admissions at a referral hospital in India. The annual mean number of Hib cases was 10.7 before Hib vaccine introduction, falling to 3.8 cases following introduction (P < 0.0001). By contrast, the mean of annual numbers of pneumococcal cases were 3.0 and 4.6, (P = 0.55). Even at relatively low coverage through private sector distribution, Hib vaccine has significant community impact on Hib disease.
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