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 for 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. 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.
• CDC. Licensure of a Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine (Hiberix) and updated recommendations for use of Hib vaccine. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993;42(RR-13).

Surveillance, Epidemiology and Outbreaks

• Tsang RS, Bruce MG, Lem M, Barreto L, Ulanova M. A review of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in the Indigenous populations of North America. 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, 2011. 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 globally. 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 outcomes. 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, 2008–2009. 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, 1998–2009. Pediatrics. 2012;130:414–20.
• MacNeil JR, Cohn AC, Farley M, et al. Current epidemiology and trends in invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease—United States, 1989–2008. 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.
• CDC. Progress toward introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine in low-income countries — worldwide, 2004–2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1998;47(35):737–40.
• CDC. Progress toward elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among infants and children — United States, 1987–1995. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996;45(42):901–6.
• CDC. Progress toward elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among infants and children — United States, 1993–1994. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995;44(29):545–50.
• Adams WG, Deaver KA, Cochi SL, et al. Decline of childhood Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the Hib vaccine era. JAMA. 1993;269:221–6.

Laboratory

• 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 diagnosis. 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 haemolyticus. 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 influenzae. Int J Med Microbiol. 2011;301:303–9.
• LaClaire LL, Tondella MLC, Beall DS, et al. 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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002;51(32):706–7.

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