Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997
OBJECTIVE: To assess vaccine effectiveness through enhanced disease surveillance following the change in childhood immunization programs in 1995, when all provinces and territories chose to use polyribosyl ribitol phosphate-tetanus protein (PRP-T) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccin...
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author | David Scheifele Alison Bell Taj Jadavji Wendy Vaudry John Waters Monika Naus Jill Sciberras |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To assess vaccine effectiveness through enhanced disease surveillance following the change in childhood immunization programs in 1995, when all provinces and territories chose to use polyribosyl ribitol phosphate-tetanus protein (PRP-T) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine, generally in combination with diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus inactivated polio vaccine (DPT-IPV) (as PENTA vaccine) because the protective efficacy of this regimen had not been directly measured. |
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spelling | doaj-art-726b987d392b461d921e1d8432e6510b2025-02-03T01:21:00ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23322000-01-0111313514010.1155/2000/219612Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997David Scheifele0Alison Bell1Taj Jadavji2Wendy Vaudry3John Waters4Monika Naus5Jill Sciberras6University of British Columbia, British Columbia, CanadaBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaAlberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaOntario Ministry of Health, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOntario Ministry of Health, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOBJECTIVE: To assess vaccine effectiveness through enhanced disease surveillance following the change in childhood immunization programs in 1995, when all provinces and territories chose to use polyribosyl ribitol phosphate-tetanus protein (PRP-T) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine, generally in combination with diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus inactivated polio vaccine (DPT-IPV) (as PENTA vaccine) because the protective efficacy of this regimen had not been directly measured.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/219612 |
spellingShingle | David Scheifele Alison Bell Taj Jadavji Wendy Vaudry John Waters Monika Naus Jill Sciberras Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
title | Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 |
title_full | Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 |
title_fullStr | Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 |
title_full_unstemmed | Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 |
title_short | Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 |
title_sort | population based surveillance of hib invasive infections in children in british columbia alberta and ontario 1995 to 1997 |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/219612 |
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