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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Pasteurellaceae > Haemophilus > Haemophilus influenzae > Haemophilus influenzae type b
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Pasteurellaceae > Haemophilus > Haemophilus influenzae > Haemophilus influenzae type b

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Haemophilus influenzae type b  

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  • Hemophilus influenzae type b
  • Hib

Note

  • infection: coordinate with HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS or MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES is available

Scope note

  • A type of H. influenzae isolated most frequently from biotype I. Prior to vaccine availability, it was a leading cause of childhood meningitis.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019741

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