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Haemophilus influenzae type b

Known as: Hemophilus influenzae type b, haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacteria, h influenzae type b 
A type of H. influenzae isolated most frequently from biotype I. Prior to vaccine availability, it was a leading cause of childhood meningitis.
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Drug AllergyGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHaemophilus InfectionsHaemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine

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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Induction of immunologic memory in infants primed with Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines.
The ability of different Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines to induce immunologic memory was compared in 381… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Limited efficacy of a Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in Alaska Native infants. The Alaska H. influenzae Vaccine Study Group.
BACKGROUND The prevention of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease requires a vaccine that is effective when… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Pilus- and non-pilus-mediated interactions of Haemophilus influenzae type b with human erythrocytes and human nasopharyngeal mucosa.
The role of pili of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in binding to human erythrocytes and in colonization and invasion of… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Prevention of Haemophilus influenzae type b infections in high-risk infants treated with bacterial polysaccharide immune globulin.
Apache Indian infants have a high frequency of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and pneumococcal infections. Forty percent of… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Antibody response to capsular polysaccharides of groups A and C neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae type b during bacteremic disease.
Levels of antibodies to the capsular polysaccharides of groups A and C Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae type b… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Pharyngeal colonization with Haemophilus influenzae type b: a longitudinal study of families with a child with meningitis or epiglottitis due to H. influenzae type b.
A longitudinal study of pharyngeal colonization with Haemophilus influenzae type b included 264 members of families that had a… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Antibody of polyribophate of Haemophilus influenzae type b in infants and children: effect of immunization with polyribophosphate.
Antibody to polyribophosphate, the capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b, was measured in healthy ambulatory… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Induction of serum Haemophilus influenzae type B capsular antibodies in adult volunteers fed cross-reacting Escherichia coli 075:K100:H5.
Serum Haemophilus influenzae Type b (HITB) anticapsular antibodies were induced in adult volunteers by feeding of either of two… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
An Escherichia coli antigen cross-reactive with the capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b: occurrence among known serotypes, and immunochemical and biologic properties of E. coli…
An Escherichia coli antigen was shown to be cross-reactive with the capsular polysaccharide of Hemophilus influenzae type b… 
Review
1965
Review
1965
CELLULITIS DUE TO HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B.
IN 1957 Green and Fousek1 reported 6 cases of cellulitis due to Haemophilus influenzae Type B, in 4 of which blood cultures were… 
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