Hib Carriage Bibliography


Adegbola RA, Mulholland EK, Secka O, et al.
Vaccination with a Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine reduces oropharyngeal carriage of H. influenzae type b among Gambian children.
J Infect Dis (United States), Jun 1998, 177(6) p1758-61

Akcakaya N, Camcioglu Y, Belbek S, et al.
Haemophilus influenzae type b colonization in children in a hospital-based day care center.
Eur J Epidemiol (Netherlands), 2001, 17(4) p313-6

Andersson von Rosen I, Gotherfors L, Schmeisser S, et al.
Outbreak of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in a day care center.
Pediatr Infect Dis J (United States), May 1990, 9(5) p326-32

Barbour ML
Conjugate vaccines and the carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b.
Emerg Infect Dis (United States), Jul-Sep 1996, 2(3) p176-82

Barbour ML, Mayon-White RT, Coles C, et al.
The impact of conjugate vaccine on carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b.
J Infect Dis (United States), Jan 1995, 171(1) p93-8

Barbour ML, Booy R, Crook DW, et al.
Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage and immunity four years after receiving the Haemophilus influenzae oligosaccharide-CRM197 (HbOC) conjugate vaccine.
Pediatr Infect Dis J (United States), Jun 1993, 12(6) p478-84

Bijlmer HA, Evans NL, Campbell H, et al.
Carriage of Haemophilus influenzae in healthy Gambian children.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (England), Nov-Dec 1989, 83(6) p831-5

Forleo-Neto E, de Oliveira CF, Maluf EM, et al.
Decreased point prevalence of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) oropharyngeal colonization by mass immunization of Brazilian children less than 5 years old with hib polyribosylribitol phosphate polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in combination with diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-pertussis vaccine.
J Infect Dis (United States), Oct 1999, 180(4) p1153-8

Galil K, Singleton R, Levine OS, et al.
Reemergence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in a well-vaccinated population in remote Alaska.
J Infect Dis (United States), Jan 1999, 179(1) p101-6

Gessner BD, Sutanto A, Steinhoff M, et al.
A population-based survey of Haemophilus influenzae type b nasopharyngeal carriage prevalence in Lombok Island, Indonesia.
Pediatr Infect Dis J (United States), Sep 1998, 17(9 Suppl) pS179-82

Back to top

Ghaffar F, Muniz LS, Katz K, et al.
Effects of amoxicillin/clavulanate or azithromycin on nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in children with acute otitis media.
Clin Infect Dis (United States), Oct 2000, 31(4) p875-80

Goldwater PN
Effect of cefotaxime or ceftriaxone treatment on nasopharyngeal Haemophilus influenzae type b colonization in children.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother (United States), Sep 1995, 39(9) p2150-2

Granoff DM, Gilsdorf J, Gessert CE, et al.
Haemophilus influenzae type b in a day care center: relationship of nasopharyngeal carriage to development of anticapsular antibody.
Pediatrics (United States), Jan 1980, 65(1) p65-8

Jakobsen H, Jonsdottir I.
Mucosal vaccination against encapsulated respiratory bacteria--new potentials for conjugate vaccines?
Scand J Immunol. 2003 Aug;58(2):119-28. Review.

Kristensen K
Carriage and antibiotic susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae type b and non b in Danish day-care attendees.
APMIS (Denmark), Jan 1990, 98(1) p50-2

Lucher LA, Singleton R, Parkinson AJ, et al.
The challenge of ongoing Haemophilus influenzae type B carriage and transmission in Alaska.
Alaska Med (United States), Jul-Sep 1999, 41(3) p61-8

Lucher LA, Reeves M, Hennessy T, et al.
Reemergence, in southwestern Alaska, of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease due to strains indistinguishable from those isolated from vaccinated children.
J Infect Dis (United States), Oct 1 2002, 186(7) p958-65

Marchisio P, Gironi S, Esposito S, et al.
Seasonal variations in nasopharyngeal carriage of respiratory pathogens in healthy Italian children attending day-care centres or schools.
J Med Microbiol (England), Dec 2001, 50(12) p1095-9

Mbelle N, Huebner RE, Wasas AD, et al.
Immunogenicity and impact on nasopharyngeal carriage of a nonavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
J Infect Dis (United States), Oct 1999, 180(4) p1171-6

McVernon J, Trotter CL, et al. 
Trends in Haemophilus influenzae type b infections in adults in England and Wales: surveillance study. 
British Medical Journal 2004;329;655-658.

Mohle-Boetani JC, Ajello G, Breneman E, et al.
Carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b in children after widespread vaccination with conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines.
Pediatr Infect Dis J (United States), Jul 1993, 12(7) p589-93

Back to top

Peerbooms PG, Engelen MN, Stokman DA, et al.
Nasopharyngeal carriage of potential bacterial pathogens related to day care attendance, with special reference to the molecular epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae.
J Clin Microbiol (United States), Aug 2002, 40(8) p2832-6

Raymond J, Armand-Lefevre L, Moulin F, et al.
Nasopharyngeal colonization by Haemophilus influenzae in children living in an orphanage.
Pediatr Infect Dis J (United States), Aug 2001, 20(8) p779-84

Russell FM, Buttery J.
Vaccine development for capsulate bacteria causing pneumonia.
Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2003 May;9(3):227-32. Review.

Saito M, Okada K, Takemori K, et al.
Clonal spread of an invasive strain of Haemophilus influenzae type b among nursery contacts accompanied by a high carriage rate of non-disease-associated strains.
J Med Microbiol (England), Sep 2000, 49(9) p845-7

Stratchounski LS, Kretchikova OI, Reshedko GK, et al.
Antimicrobial susceptibility of nasopharyngeal isolates of Haemophilus influenzae from healthy children in day-care centres: results of multicentre study in Russia.
Int J Antimicrob Agents (Netherlands), Oct 2001, 18(4) p347-51

Stephenson WP, Doern G, Gantz N, et al.
Pharyngeal carriage rates of Haemophilus influenzae, type b and non-b, and prevalence of ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae among healthy day-care children in central Massachusetts.
Am J Epidemiol (United States), Nov 1985, 122(5) p868-75

Takala AK, Santosham M, Almeido-Hill J, et al.
Vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae type b meningococcal protein conjugate vaccine reduces oropharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b among American Indian children.
Pediatr Infect Dis J (United States), Jul 1993, 12(7) p593-9

Takala AK, Eskola J, Leinonen M, et al.
Reduction of oropharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in children immunized with an Hib conjugate vaccine.
J Infect Dis (United States), Nov 1991, 164(5) p982-6

Ward JI, Margolis HS, Lum MK, et al.
Haemophilus influenzae disease in Alaskan Eskimos: characteristics of a population with an unusual incidence of invasive disease.
Lancet (England), Jun 13 1981, 1(8233) p1281-5

Back to top