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The seroepidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae type b prior to introduction of an immunization programme in Kathmandu, Nepal
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Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is now recognized as an important pathogen in Asia. To evaluate disease susceptibility, and as a marker of Hib transmission before routine immunization was introduced in Kathmandu, 71 participants aged 7 months–77 years were recruited and 15 cord blood samples were collected for analysis of anti-polyribosylribitol phosphate antibody levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Only 20% of children under 5 years old had levels considered protective (>0.15...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0085055
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS ONE Journal website
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- ARTN e85055
- Publication date:
- 2014-01-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2013-11-21
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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- English
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- pubs:447698
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447698
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- 2014-02-13
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- Marshall et al
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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- Copyright: © 2014 Marshall et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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