TY - JOUR AU - Peltola, Heikki AU - Pelkonen, Tuula AU - Bernardino, Luis AU - Monteiro, Lurdes AU - Silvestre, Silvia da Conceição AU - Anjos, Elizabete AU - Cruzeiro, Manuel Leite AU - Pitkäranta, Anne AU - Roine, Irmeli T1 - Vaccine-Induced Waning of Haemophilus influenzae Empyema and Meningitis, Angola T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 11 SP - 1887 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In Angola during 2003–2012, we detected Haemophilus influenzae in 18% of 2,634 and 26% of 2,996 bacteriologically positive pleural or cerebrospinal fluid samples, respectively, from children. After vaccination launch in 2006, H. influenzae empyema declined by 83% and meningitis by 86%. Severe H. influenzae pneumonia and meningitis are preventable by vaccination. KW - Haemophilus influenzae KW - Africa KW - empyema KW - pneumonia KW - meningitis KW - bacteria KW - vaccine KW - Angola DO - 10.3201/eid2011.140400 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/11/14-0400_article ER - End of Reference