"Meningitis, Haemophilus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infections of the nervous system caused by bacteria of the genus HAEMOPHILUS, and marked by prominent inflammation of the MENINGES. HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B is the most common causative organism. The condition primarily affects children under 6 years of age but may occur in adults.
| Descriptor ID |
D008583
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.200.500.450 C01.252.400.700.433.615 C10.228.228.180.500.425 C10.228.614.280.393
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| Concept/Terms |
Meningitis, Haemophilus- Meningitis, Haemophilus
- Haemophilus Meningitides
- Haemophilus Meningitis
- Meningitides, Haemophilus
- Meningitis, Hemophilus
- Hemophilus Meningitides
- Hemophilus Meningitis
- Meningitides, Hemophilus
Meningitis, Haemophilus parainfluenzae- Meningitis, Haemophilus parainfluenzae
- Haemophilus parainfluenzae Meningitides
- Haemophilus parainfluenzae Meningitis
- Meningitides, Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis Type B- Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis Type B
- Type B Hemophilus influenzae Meningitis
- Meninigitis, HiB
- HiB Meninigitis
- Type B Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis
- Hemophilus influenzae Meningitis Type B
- Meningitis, Hemophilus influenzae, Type B
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meningitis, Haemophilus" by people in Profiles.
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Host and bacterial factors associated with Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in Minnesota children vaccinated with type b polysaccharide vaccine. J Infect Dis. 1989 May; 159(5):908-16.
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Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in an Amish population: studies of the effects of genetic factors, immunization, and rifampin prophylaxis on the course of an outbreak. Pediatrics. 1986 Mar; 77(3):289-95.
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Response to immunization with Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide-pertussis vaccine and risk of Haemophilus meningitis in children with the Km(1) immunoglobulin allotype. J Clin Invest. 1984 Nov; 74(5):1708-14.
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Interactive effect of genes associated with immunoglobulin allotypes and HLA specificities on susceptibility to Haemophilus influenzae disease. J Immunogenet. 1984 Jun-Aug; 11(3-4):181-8.
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Histocompatibility leukocyte antigen and erythrocyte MNSs specificities in patients with meningitis or epiglottitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type b. J Infect Dis. 1984 Mar; 149(3):373-7.