A circulating viral inhibitor resembling interferon was found in 2 children during the acute phase of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae. It is postulated that this phenomenon is analogous ...
pestis. He probably contracted the Hib infection first, Guellil and colleagues say. While respiratory infections rarely leave marks, the boy’s kneecaps had fused to the thighbones above them.
Hib was the leading cause of meningitis in children under 5 years of age. Meningitis is a serious infection of the lining covering the brain and spinal cord and has a mortality rate of 2-5%.
The Penta vaccine, on the other hand, protects against the Haemophilus influenzae B bacterium, which also causes bacterial meningitis, besides preventing diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis ...