Epidemiology and molecular characterization of invasive disease in children twenty years after the implementation of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b vaccine in Portuguese Immunization Programme

Background: Haemophilus influenzae is an important human pathogen responsible for severe childhood invasive disease, despite the implementation of the vaccine against serotype b isolates (Hib), in our National Immunization Programme (NIP), in June 2000. The use of the vaccine lead to a reduction in...

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Main Author: Bajanca-Lavado, Maria Paula (author)
Other Authors: Bettencout, Célia (author), Cunha, Florbela (author), Gonçalo-Marques, José (author), Study Group of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in of the Pediatric Infection Disease Society (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2022
Subjects:
H. influenzae Invasive Disease
Children
Multilocus Sequencing Typing
Serotyping
Vaccine Failure
Haemophilus influenzae
Epidemiology Characterization
Molecular Characterization
Doenças Evitáveis pela Vacinação
Infecções Respiratórias
Portugal
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/8203
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/8203

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