Reemergence, in Southwestern Alaska, of Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Type b Disease Due to Strains Indistinguishable from those Isolated from Vaccinated Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynne A. Lucher
Michael Reeves
Thomas Hennessy
Orin S. Levine
Tanja Popovic
Nancy Rosenstein
Alan J. Parkinson
Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 186, no. 7, October 1, 2002, pp. 958-965
Description
Widespread vaccination, begun in 1991 failed to prevent return of this flu strain to rural Alaska in 1996-1997.