title: Bacterial meningitis and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine, Malawi.
abstract: A retrospective database review showed that Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine decreased the annual number of cases of H. influenzae type b meningitis in children in Blantyre, Malawi. Among young bacterial meningitis patients, HIV prevalence was high (36.7% during 1997-2009), and pneumococcus was the most common etiologic agent (57% in 2009).
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA. dwmccor@umich.edu
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Molyneux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006678:HIV; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D019741:Haemophilus influenzae type b / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008295:Malawi / Q000453:epidemiology; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C044237:Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine