The Alaska Haemophilus influenzae Type b Experience: Lessons in Controlling a Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Before 1991, Alaska Native children experienced one of the highest rates of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease. H influenzae type b vaccine has led to a near-elimination of invasive H influenzae type b disease in the United States. We describe challenges encountered in controlling H infl...

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