BMJ  2005;330:18-19 (1 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.38301.657014.79 (published 25 November 2004)

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Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis during 18 years of vaccine use: observational study using routine hospital data

¹ Helsinki University Children's Hospital, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, PO Box 281, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland

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Introduction

Despite the spectacular success of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines in the developed world,¹ failures have become more common in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, where the incidence of invasive Hib diseases at age 0-4 years per 100 000 increased from 0.66 in 1998 to 2.96 in 2001.² An immunological defect is not to blame.

This increase in failure coincided with the change from whole cell pertussis to combined three component acellular vaccine (DTaP-Hib). This combination lowers Hib antibodies.³ The clinical significance is unclear. Acellular vaccine cannot be blamed in the Netherlands, where whole cell vaccine was still used.⁴ Both countries have been giving Hib vaccination at age 2, 3, and 4 months; a booster at 11 months is given in the Netherlands. Another characteristic in the United Kingdom is concomitant meningococcal group C conjugate. Replacement of serotypes other than Hib in severe diseases has also raised . . . [Full text of this article]

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