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Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|December 17, 2016
Abstract:
During 5 months in 2014, three Amish children in Missouri, USA, were diagnosed with invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infection. Two were rural neighbors infected with a genetically similar rare strain, sequence type 45. One child had recently traveled, raising the possibility of maintenance of this strain among unvaccinated carriers in Amish communities.
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