Publications

Chapters and Manuals

• Pink Book's Chapter on Haemophilus influenzae type b
  Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases textbook.
• Surveillance Manual's Chapter on Haemophilus influenzae type b
  Manual from the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases textbook.
• Manual on Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis
  Laboratory methods for the diagnosis if bacterial meningitis.

Articles

Vaccine Recommendations and Licensures

• CDC. Licensure of a Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine (Hiberix) and updated recommendations for use of Hib vaccine. MMWR. 2009;58(36):1008-9.
• CDC. Continued shortage of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines and potential implications for Hib surveillance — United States, 2008. MMWR. 2008;57(46):1252-5.
• CDC. Interim recommendations for the use of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines related to the recall of certain lots of Hib-containing vaccines (PedvaxHIB® and Comvax®). MMWR. 2007;56(50):1318-20.
• Rosenstein N, Perkins B. Update of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b and meningococcal vaccines. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2000;47:337-52.
• CDC. Combination vaccines for childhood immunization. MMWR. 1999;48(RR05):1-15.
• CDC. Recommendations for use of Haemophilus b conjugate vaccines and a combined diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and Haemophilus b vaccine recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR. 1993;42(RR-13).

Surveillance, Epidemiology and Outbreaks

• Briere EC, Jackson M, Shah SG, et al. Haemophilus influenzae type b disease and vaccine booster dose deferral, United States, 1998-2009. Pediatrics. Epub ahead of print. Aug 2012.
• MacNeil JR, Cohn AC, Farley M, et al. Current epidemiology and trends in invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease—United States, 1989-2008. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;53:1230-6.
• Rubach MP, Bender JM, Mottice S, Hanson K, Weng HYC, Korgenski K, et al. Increasing incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults, Utah, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17:1645-50.
• CDC. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in five young children — Minnesota, 2008. MMWR. 2009;58(early release):1-3.
• CDC. Progress toward introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine in low-income countries — worldwide, 2004-2007. MMWR. 2008;57(06):148-51.
• CDC. Progress toward elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b invasive disease among infants and children — United States, 1998-2000. MMWR. 2001;51(11):234-7.
• Galil K, Singleton R, Levine OS, et al. Reemergence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in a well-vaccinated population in remote Alaska. J Infect Dis. 1999;179:101-6.
• CDC. Progress toward eliminating Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among infants and children — United States, 1987-1997. MMWR. 1999;47(46):993-8.
• Bisgard KM, Kao A, Leake JA, Strebel P, Perkins BA, Wharton M. Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease in the United States, 1994-1995: near disappearance of a vaccine-preventable childhood disease. Emerg Infect Dis. 1998;4:229-37.
• CDC. Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease among children aged less than 5 years — California, 1990-1996. MMWR. 1998;47(35):737-40.
• CDC. Progress toward elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among infants and children — United States, 1987-1995. MMWR. 1996;45(42):901-6.
• CDC. Progress toward elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among infants and children — United States, 1993-1994. MMWR. 1995;44(29):545-50.
• Adams WG, Deaver KA, Cochi SL, Plikaytis BD, Zell ER, Broome CV, Wenger JD. Decline of childhood Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the Hib vaccine era. JAMA. 1993;269:221-6.

Laboratory

• Theodore M, Anderson R, Wang X, Katz L, Vuong J, Bell M, Juni B, Lowther S, Lynfield R, et al. Evaluation of new biomarker genes for differentiating Haemophilus influenzae from Haemophilus haemolyticus. J Clin Microbiol. 2012;50:1422-4.
• Wang X, Mair RM, Hatcher CP, Theodore MJ, Edmond K, Cohn A, et al. Detection of bacterial pathogens in Mongolia meningitis surveillance with a new real-time PCR assay to detect Haemophilus influenzae. Int J Med Microbiol. 2011;301:303-9.
• LaClaire LL, Tondella MLC, Beall DS, Nobel CA, Raghunatnan PL, Rosenstein NE, Popovic T, and the ABCs Team Members. Identification of Haemophilus influenzae serotypes by standard slide agglutination serotyping and PCR-based capsule typing. J Clin Microbiol. 2003;41:393-6.
• CDC. Serotyping discrepancies of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease — United States, 1998-1999. MMWR. 2002;51(32):706-7.

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