Positive effect of the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in the expanded program on immunization in Cameroon

Denis Massenet; Michèle Tapindjin-Gake

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.07.033

Positive effect of the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in the expanded program on immunization in Cameroon

Vaccine. 2010 Sep 7;28(39):6404-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.07.033. Epub 2010 Jul 30.

Authors

Denis Massenet, Michèle Tapindjin-Gake

PMID: 20674879
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.07.033

Abstract

The microbiological surveillance of acute bacterial meningitis in the three northern provinces of Cameroon, namely North, Far North and Adamaoua shows the disappearance of Hib from cerebrospinal fluid specimens examined in the laboratory of the Centre Pasteur, in Garoua, using culture and/or soluble antigen testing, since the Hib immunization introduction on 1 February 2009.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cameroon / epidemiology
Haemophilus Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Haemophilus influenzae type b / immunology
Humans
Immunization Programs*
Meningitis, Haemophilus / epidemiology
Meningitis, Haemophilus / prevention & control*
Vaccines, Conjugate / administration & dosage

Substances

Haemophilus Vaccines
Vaccines, Conjugate