Haemophilus influenzae type b invasive disease in amish children, Missouri, USA, 2014

Creator(s)

Angela L. Myers, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Mary Anne Jackson, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Lixin Zhang, Michigan State University
Douglas S. Swanson, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Janet R. Gilsdorf, Michigan Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2017

Identifier

DOI: 10.3201/eid2301.160593; PMCID: PMC5176238

Abstract

© 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved. During 5 months in 2014, three Amish children in Missouri, USA, were diagnosed with invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infection. Two were rural neighbors infected with a genetically similar rare strain, sequence type 45. One child had recently traveled, raising the possibility of maintenance of this strain among unvaccinated carriers in Amish communities.

Journal Title

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volume

23

Issue

1

First Page

112

Last Page

114

Keywords

Amish; Haemophilus influenzae type b; Hib; Missouri; United States; at risk; bacteria; children; epidemiology; invasive disease; transmission; underimmunized communities; undervaccinated; undervaccinated communities; unvaccinated; unvaccinated carriers; vaccine hesitancy; vaccines

Recommended Citation

Myers AL, Jackson MA, Zhang L, Swanson DS, Gilsdorf JR. Haemophilus influenzae Type b Invasive Disease in Amish Children, Missouri, USA, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017;23(1):112-114. doi:10.3201/eid2301.160593