Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the Oxford region.
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Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the Oxford region.
A prospective survey of children in the Oxford region identified 200 cases of systemic Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the first three and a half years of the study. The annual incidence in children less than 5 years of age was 33.4/100,000. This represents a cumulative incidence of one systemic infection in 600 children before their 5th birthday. The mortality was 5.0%. The risk of H ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.64.9.1342-a