| reduction of meningitis and impact on under-5 pneumonia after introducing the hib vaccine in the kingdom of tonga. | to document the impact of hib vaccine on haemophilus influenzae (hi) invasive disease, meningitis and inpatient pneumonia in children under 5 in the kingdom of tonga. | 2009 | 19460264 |
| haemophilus influenzae type b infection in children in pacific countries. | the haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) disease burden among children under five years in four pacific island countries (pic was estimated. the incidence of confirmed hib meningitis was calculated using numbers of culture confirmed isolates. in addition, the who hib rapid assessment tool (rat) was used to estimate the true hib meningitis incidence and the number of hib meningitis and pneumonia cases and deaths. the hib meningitis annual incidence in three pics was 70 to 84 per 100,000 children u ... | 2004 | 18181445 |
| antimicrobial resistance of streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilius influenzae and moraxella catarrhalis isolated in hawaii. | | 2000 | 10926447 |
| the immunogenicity of haemophilus influenzae: meningococcal protein conjugate vaccine in polynesian and non-polynesian new zealand infants. | to examine the comparative immunogenicity of the haemophilus influenzae type b-meningococcal protein (prp-omp) conjugate vaccine in polynesian and non-polynesian new zealand infants. | 1997 | 9145357 |
| identifying risk factors for underimmunization by using geocoding matched to census tracts: a statewide assessment of children in hawaii. | obtaining childhood immunization coverage data for small geographic areas is difficult and resource-intensive, especially in the absence of comprehensive immunization registries. to identify factors that are associated with delayed immunization, we collected school-entry immunization records statewide and used geocoding to link to publicly available census tract sociodemographic data. | 2007 | 17682037 |