Volume 4, Number 2—June 1998
Synopsis
Haemophilus influenzae Invasive Disease in the United States, 1994–1995: Near Disappearance of a Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Disease
Table 2
Serotype information for reported Hi invasive disease (n=2609) and meningitis cases (n=380), stratified by age, United States, 1994 – 1995
No. (%) of children
aged 0–4 years |
No. (%) of persons
aged >5 years |
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Serotype | Invasive disease | Meningitis | Invasive disease | Meningitis |
Serotype b | 184 (27) | 101 (47) | 159 (8) | 41 (25) |
Othera | 114 (17) | 39 (18) | 171 (9) | 26 (15) |
Non-typeable | 78 (12) | 16 (8) | 238 (12) | 25 (15) |
Unknown | 293 (44) | 57 (27) | 1,372 (71) | 75 (45) |
Total | 669 (100) | 213 (100) | 1,940 (100) | 167 (100) |
aIncludes serotypes a, c, d, e, f.