TY - JOUR AU - Feikin, Daniel R. AU - Nelson, Christopher B. AU - Watt, James P. AU - Mohsni, Ezzeddine AU - Wenger, Jay D. AU - Levine, Orin S. T1 - Rapid Assessment Tool for Haemophilus influenzae type b Disease in Developing Countries T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 7 SP - 1270 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) still causes a substantial number of deaths among children in developing countries, despite the availability of effective conjugate vaccines. A major obstacle in developing a Hib vaccine has been limited awareness about the impact of Hib disease. A tool was developed to estimate the national rates of Hib meningitis and pneumonia by assessing retrospective local data over 7 to 10 days. Data from 11 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia were studied and showed rates of Hib meningitis from >50 cases per 100,000 children >5 years in Ghana and Uganda to <15 per 100,000 in Iran, Jordan, and Uzbekistan. Results were affected by the quality of available data. The Hib rapid assessment tool can be useful to countries that desire a timely assessment of Hib disease rates. KW - Haemophilus influenzae type b KW - meningitis KW - pneumonia KW - conjugate vaccines KW - developing countries KW - research KW - Ghana KW - Uganda KW - Egypt KW - Iran KW - Jordan KW - Morocco KW - Oman KW - Yemen KW - Kyrgyzstan KW - Uzbekistan KW - Bhutan DO - 10.3201/eid1007.030737 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/7/03-0737_article ER - End of Reference