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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
A survey of all episodes of invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections that were diagnosed over a three-year period in children seen at the regional hospitals of the Northern Territory has found a significantly (P less than 0.001) higher incidence in children in Central Australia (the Alice Springs and Barkly regions, and the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands) than in the Top End (the Darwin, East Arnhem and Katherine regions), and a greater incidence in Aboriginal than in non-Aboriginal children. Identified risk factors for Aboriginal children were infancy (more than 70% of cases occurred before 12 months of age), sex (with a predominance in girls) and residence in Central Australia; the estimated annual incidence for Central Australian Aboriginal children was 991 cases per 100,000 children. There was a significant correlation (r = 0.62) between the total number of cases diagnosed each month in Central Australia and the mean monthly temperatures recorded in Alice Springs. Whereas virtually all cases of invasive H. influenzae infection in non-Aboriginal children were caused by type b strains, strains other than type b caused 15% of the cases in Aboriginal children. The possibilities for prevention by immunization are discussed.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0025-729X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
152
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
234-6, 238, 240
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Bacterial Capsules, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Bacterial Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Haemophilus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Haemophilus Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Haemophilus influenzae, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Meningitis, Haemophilus, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Northern Territory, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Oceanic Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Pneumonia, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Polysaccharides, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:2255282-Retrospective Studies
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
The epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in children under five years of age in the Northern Territory: a three-year study.
pubmed:affiliation
Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services, Alice Springs.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study