Haemophilus influenzae Type a Infection and Its Prevention
Open Access
- 1 June 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 75 (6) , 2650-2654
Abstract
Haemophilus influenzae was first described by Pfeiffer in 1892 ([30][1]). Forty years later Pittman identified six capsular polysaccharides (types) of H. influenzae (a, b, c, d, e, and f) whose structures were later elucidated (Table [1][2]) ([12][3], [31][4], [40][5]). Systemic infections inKeywords
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