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Observations on the nasopharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b in children in Kampala, Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Y. Mpairwe
Y. Mpairwe
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda
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Haemophilus influenzae type b was isolated from 4·5% of outpatient children living in various parts of Kampala city and its surroundings. In contrast, this serotype was carried by up to 53 % (average 29 %) of 14 to 18 children living as a group in an orphanage. This finding indicates that the high carriage rate for this serotype demonstrated by Turk (1963) in a group of orphanage infants in Jamaica was not an isolated finding, and that it may be expected where large groups of children live together.

H. influenzae type b did not appear to be a readily transmitted organism even in that group of children with a high carriage rate. This suggests that in ordinary open communities the transmission of this serotype from one household to another may be an extremely rare event.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , June 1970 , pp. 337 - 341
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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