Publications
Articles
Vaccine recommendations and licensures
View all current and historical Hib vaccine recommendations from the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. Current recommendations are also listed below:
- CDC. Licensure of a diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate, and hepatitis B vaccine, and guidance for use in infants. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(5):136–139.
- CDC. Food and Drug Administration approval for use of Hiberix as 3-dose primary Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination series. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016;65(16):418–9.
- CDC. Prevention and control of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014;63(RR01);1–14.
Surveillance, epidemiology and outbreaks
- Nolen LD, DeByle C, Topaz N, et al. Genomic diversity of Haemophilus influenzae serotype a in an outbreak community—Alaska, 2018external icon. J Infect Dis. 2022;225(3):520–4.
- Bozio CH, Blain A, Edge K, et al. Clinical characteristics and adverse clinical outcomes of invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype a cases—United States, 2011–2015external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;73(11):e3670–6.
- Brown NE, Blain AE, Burzlaff K, et al. Racial disparities in invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease—United States, 2008–2017external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;73(9):1617–24.
- Soeters HM, Oliver SE, Plumb ID, et al. Epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype a disease—United States, 2008–2017external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;73(2):e371–9.
- Collins LF, Havers FP, Tunali A, et al. Invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae infection among HIV-positive individuals in metropolitan Atlanta, 2008–2018external icon. JAMA. 2019;322(24):2399–410.
- Tsang RS, Bruce MG, Lem M, Barreto L, Ulanova M. A review of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in the Indigenous populations of North Americaexternal icon. Epidemiol Infect. 2014;142(7):1344–54.
- Nix EB, Williams K, Cox AD, et al. Naturally acquired antibodies against Haemophilus influenzae type a in aboriginal adults, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015;21:273–9.
- Blain A, MacNeil J, Wang X, et al. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults ≥ 65 years, United States, 2011external icon. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014;1:1–5.
- Hajjeh R, Mulholland K, Schuchat A, Santosham M. Progress towards demonstrating the impact of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines globallyexternal icon. J Pediatr. 2013;163(1 Suppl):S1–3.
- Livorsi DJ, MacNeil JR, Cohn AC, et al. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae in the United States, 1999–2008: Epidemiology and outcomesexternal icon. J Infect. 2012;65:496–504.
- Rose CE, Cohn A, Coronado F, et al. Modeling insights into Haemophilus influenzae type b disease, transmission, and vaccine programs. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18:13–20.
- Lowther SA, Shinoda N, Juni BA, et al. Haemophilus influenzae type b infection, vaccination, and H. influenzae carriage in children in Minnesota, 2008–2009external icon. Epidemiol Infect. 2012;140:566–74.
- Briere EC, Jackson M, Shah SG, et al. Haemophilus influenzae type b disease and vaccine booster dose deferral, United States, 1998–2009external icon. Pediatrics. 2012;130:414–20.
- MacNeil JR, Cohn AC, Farley M, et al. Current epidemiology and trends in invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease—United States, 1989–2008external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;53:1230–6.
- Rubach MP, Bender JM, Mottice S, 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009;58(early release):1–3.
Laboratory
- Buono SA, Kelly RJ, Topaz N, et al. Web-based genome analysis of bacterial meningitis pathogens for public health applications using the Bacterial Meningitis Genomic Analysis Platform (BMGAP)external icon. Front Genet. 2020;11:601870.
- Potts CC, Topaz N, et al. Genomic characterization of Haemophilus influenzae: a focus on the capsule locus.external icon BMC Genomics. 2019;20(1):733.
- Wu HM, Cordeiro SM, Harcourt BH, et al. Accuracy of real-time PCR, Gram stain and culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis diagnosisexternal icon. BMC Infect Dis. 2013;22:13:26.
- Theodore M, Anderson R, Wang X, et al. Evaluation of new biomarker genes for differentiating Haemophilus influenzae from Haemophilus haemolyticusexternal icon. J Clin Microbiol. 2012;50:1422–4.
- Wang X, Mair RM, Hatcher CP, et al. Detection of bacterial pathogens in Mongolia meningitis surveillance with a new real-time PCR assay to detect Haemophilus influenzaeexternal icon. Int J Med Microbiol. 2011;301:303–9.