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Hib Vaccine given at 2 months of age decreases the incidence of all the following except-

1)meningitis

2)Pneumonia.

3)sepsis

4)epiglottitis

5)otitis media




  #2

5

  #3

I'd go with 3)sepsis


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  #4

answer is otitis media.


  #5

H i b Vaccine is only useful for typable H.influenza type b infections-namely-epiglottitis,meningitis.sepsis.and pneumonia,

It is not useful 2 prevent infections caused by non typable strains of H.influenzae-like sinusitis,otitis media and bacterial conjunctivitis.

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  #6

this topic keeps making me think someone has written something bout H1b visa and keep cheking it!!

  #7

thanks for the explaination supra. i didnt know that.

Mukho : It also says vaccine and is in the microbiology forum!! grin You must be obsessed with the visa thing. How are things with you? Do you have any visa probs going on ( I hope not)


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  #8

going on and on and on and on and on......

  #9

hitesh,u r welcome.nod

mukho,too many visa issues lately?wink


  #10

nodnodsad

  #11

supra wrote:
H i b Vaccine is only useful for typable H.influenza type b infections-namely-epiglottitis,meningitis.sepsis.and pneumonia,

It is not useful 2 prevent infections caused by non typable strains of H.influenzae-like sinusitis,otitis media and bacterial conjunctivitis.

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Good post and good question.







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