PMID- 2786515
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19890727
LR  - 20121115
IS  - 0017-9140 (Print)
IS  - 0017-9140 (Linking)
VI  - 62
IP  - 6
DP  - 1989 Jun
TI  - Meningitis and epiglottitis: a new immunisation against haemophilus influenzae 
      type b infections.
PG  - 179-80
AB  - Since 1985 the number of cases of systemic haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) 
      disease in children in the Oxford region has been recorded. This study shows that 
      a cumulative incidence of children suffering systematic Hib infections before 
      their fifth birthday is 1:600, 71 per cent of sufferers having meningitis. 
      Because the incidence of haemophilus infections may be increasing in the UK and 
      there is increasing resistance of the organism to antimicrobial therapy, the need 
      for primary prevention through immunisation is becoming increasingly attractive. 
      We have therefore undertaken a safety and immunogenicity study of a haemophilus 
      influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (HbO-C) as a first step towards introducing a 
      routine immunisation programme for the UK.
FAU - Lungmuss, J
AU  - Lungmuss J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Health Visit
JT  - Health visitor
JID - 17320470R
RN  - 0 (Bacterial Vaccines)
RN  - 0 (Haemophilus Vaccines)
RN  - 0 (Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine)
RN  - 0 (Polysaccharides, Bacterial)
MH  - Bacterial Capsules
MH  - Bacterial Vaccines/*therapeutic use
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Epiglottitis/*prevention & control
MH  - *Haemophilus Vaccines
MH  - Haemophilus influenzae/*immunology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Laryngitis/*prevention & control
MH  - Meningitis, Haemophilus/*prevention & control
MH  - *Polysaccharides, Bacterial
EDAT- 1989/06/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/06/01 00:01
CRDT- 1989/06/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Health Visit. 1989 Jun;62(6):179-80.