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Pentavalent DTP vaccine: Need to be incorporated in the vaccination program of India.

Verma R, Khanna P, Chawla S

Department of Community Medicine; Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS; Rohtak, Haryana India.

Hemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis among infants and young children and the second leading cause of bacteri... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Infect. Chemother.  2013 Mar 20  

The burden of epiglottitis among Japanese children before the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination era: an analysis using a nationwide administrative database.

Takeuchi M, Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, Fushimi K

Department of Pediatrics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan, masatotakeuchi@gmail.com.

Epiglottitis is a potentially life-threatening disease and is largely preventable by vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Little i... Read More

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