Bacterial meningitis and haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate Vaccine, Malawi
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 17, No. 4, Year 2011
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A retrospective database review showed that Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine decreased the annual number of cases of H. influenzae type b meningitis in children in Blantyre, Malawi. Among young bacterial meningitis patients, HIV prevalence was high (36.7% during 1997-2009), and pneumococcus was the most common etiologic agent (57% in 2009).