Hib PS-vaccinated patients (VP) who develop Hib disease have deficient serum antibody (AB) responses to Hib PS despite normal concentrations of Ig and tetanus AB (NEJM 1986;315). We now report the IgG ...
In order to investigate the relationship between low serum IgG2 and anti-PS AB deficiency, we compared the IgGl and IgG2 AB responses of 16 G2D children (mean age-55 no) vaccinated with Hib PS vaccine ...
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Local pediatrician warns against skipping Hib vaccine as some states see uptick in cases
Dr. Joseph Aracri, chair of pediatrics for Allegheny Health Network, said he has seen an increase in vaccine hesitancy recently — not outright refusal, but more questions and conversations about ...
Haemophilus influenzae type b, the bacterial infection that once caused thousands of cases of meningitis and pneumonia in young children each year, is drawing fresh concern from public health ...
A handful of children have been hospitalized for a potentially deadly bacterial infection, alarming some doctors about the possible return of a once-feared contagious disease that vaccines tamed.
Despite its name, the bacterium called Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib, does not cause the flu. It does, however, cause Hib disease, a serious health threat to children, especially those under ...
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