Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014.

ABSTRACT: During 5 months in 2014, three Amish children in Missouri, USA, were diagnosed with invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infection. Two were rural neighbors infected with a genetically similar rare strain, sequence type 45. One child had recently traveled, raising the possibility of maintenance of this strain among unvaccinated carriers in Amish communities.

SUBMITTER: Myers AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5176238 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature