Volume 18, Number 1—January 2012
Research
Modeling Insights into Haemophilus influenzae Type b Disease, Transmission, and Vaccine Programs
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Figure 3. Predicted effects of extended Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine shortage on the incidence of invasive Hib disease in the United States (A) and of switching from PRP-OMP to PRP-T vaccine in the Alaska Native population (B). See text for complete description of shortage scenarios. PRP-OMP, Hib polyribosylribitol phosphate polysaccharide conjugated to Neisseria meningitidis outer membrane protein; PRP-T, polyribosylribitol phosphate polysaccharide conjugated to tetanus toxoid.
1Current affiliation: Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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