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Diseases and vaccines - Haemophilus Influenza/Hib Vaccine
March 1-7, 2004
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February 23-29, 2004
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February 16-22, 2004
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February 9-15, 2004
►January 2004 -
Are economic evaluations of vaccines useful to decision-makers? Case study
of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines. - journal article
(Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
►January 2004 -
Outbreak of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease among fully vaccinated
children in a day-care center. - journal article
(Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal) - "Conclusions.
Although immunization against Hib has resulted in a reduction in the incidence
of this disease in the UK, individual protection cannot be assumed to be
infallible. The importance of timely chemoprophylaxis of close contacts of a
child with invasive Hib disease is reinforced."
►February 2004 -
Case-control studies of the effectiveness of vaccines: validity and assessment
of potential bias - journal article
(Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal) - "Because case-control
studies of the effectiveness of vaccines are nonexperimental, it is difficult to
assure that bias does not affect the validity of the results...Conclusion. With
the use of a virtually identical study design, vaccines against Hib were shown
to be highly effective in preventing invasive Hib infections but were not
effective in preventing invasive infections due to S. pneumoniae.
Case-control studies are a valid method of assessing the effectiveness of
vaccines."
January 26 - February 8, 2004 (2 weeks combined due to illness)
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January 19-25, 2004
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January 12-18, 2004
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January 5-11, 2004
►January 8, 2004 - New Online Resource Reminds Internet Users To Safeguard Against Hib Disease - PRNewswire via http://nachrichten.boerse.de - "Today the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) launched Hibdisease.com, a comprehensive online resource for both healthcare providers and parents, which focuses on Hib disease (Haemophilus influenzae type B), a vaccine preventable childhood disease that was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and post-natal mental retardation prior to the availability of effective vaccines. Hib disease continues to pose a serious threat to U.S. children."
Comment: For another perspective on Hib and the vaccine designed to prevent it, go to Scandals: Changing Disease Epidemiology Via Vaccines - Are We "Robbing Peter To Pay Paul"?
December 29, 2003 - January 4, 2004
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