Rev. bras. epidemiol. vol.18 número4

Results reported by the Centers for Disease Control show that be- cause Hib vaccines protect against type b and not against other Hi strains, serotyping of all Hi isolates from

Diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, pertussis vaccine (children <7 years old), Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate, 23- valent pneumococcal polysaccharide, inactivated

We evaluated the functional activity of Haemophilus influenzae B (Hib) antibodies elicited in a group of infants immunized with the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine combined

Preventing teta- nus, diphtheria, and pertussis among adults: use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine recommendations of the

After introduction of the 10-valent pneumo- coccal conjugate vaccine in Brazil, there was a reduction in the number of cases and in the incidence of pneumococcal meningitis in

of 20,925 infants from Rio de Janeiro who received the whole-cell DTP/Hib vaccine, information regarding ad- verse events was obtained via visits or phone calls and was based on

In Brazil, however, there is just one conjugated pneumococcal vaccine, the 7-valent vaccine conjugated with the CRM197 diphtheria toxin (serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F and

Method: Follow-up of a cohort of 21,064 infants (20,925 or 99.7% adhered to the study protocol), within 48 hours of vaccination with diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis-