Volume 18, Number 1—January 2012
Research
Modeling Insights into Haemophilus influenzae Type b Disease, Transmission, and Vaccine Programs
Table
Estimated annual prevaccination force of infection from Hib infectious persons to persons with susceptible, no-antibody status and estimated annual prevalence of Hib colonization in 3 modeled populations, stratified by age group*
Susceptible population, age group, y | Hib infections caused by infectious persons/1,000 susceptible persons, by age group, y |
Total no. cases | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–1 | 2–4 | 5–9 | >10 | ||
United States | |||||
0–1 | 0.2 | 24.3 | 11.6 | 0.2 | 36.3 |
2–4 | 0.1 | 77.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 79.2 |
5–9 | 10.1 | 136.2 | 15.5 | 2.0 | 163.8 |
>10 | 7.0 | 78.5 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 95.5 |
Prevalence | 1.1% | 2.9% | 5.3% | 3.2% | NA |
England and Wales | |||||
0–1 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 10.7 | 1.7 | 28.4 |
2–4 | 3.1 | 62.8 | 11.2 | 1.9 | 79.0 |
5–9 | 10.1 | 133.6 | 16.8 | 1.9 | 162.5 |
>10 | 6.6 | 78.4 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 95.8 |
Prevalence | 1.0% | 3.0% | 4.9% | 3.0% | NA |
Alaska Natives | |||||
0–1 | 109.5 | 5.8 | 52.3 | 1.2 | 168.8 |
2–4 | 28.4 | 15.8 | 49.2 | 5.4 | 98.8 |
5–9 | 28.9 | 144.3 | 357.8 | 5.9 | 536.9 |
>10 | 28.4 | 21.7 | 80.3 | 64.7 | 195.1 |
Prevalence | 5.2% | 3.9% | 9.9% | 4.5% | NA |
*Values are no. infections except as indicated. Data are based on Hib simulation model. Hib, Haemophilus influenzae type b; NA, not applicable.
1Current affiliation: Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.