IMPORTED SPOTTED FEVER RICKETTSIOSES IN UNITED STATES TRAVELERS RETURNING FROM AFRICA: A SUMMARY OF CASES CONFIRMED BY LABORATORY TESTING AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, 1999–2002

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENNIFER H. MCQUISTON ◽  
JOSEPH SINGLETON ◽  
JAMES E. CHILDS ◽  
CHRISTOPHER D. PADDOCK ◽  
SHERIF R. ZAKI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Spotted Fever ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

Hitch a Sugar to a Protein

2019 ◽  
pp. 197-222
Author(s):  
Janet R. Gilsdorf
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Bacterial Meningitis ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indian Children ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control ◽  
American Children ◽  
Native Alaskan

The success of the conjugate Hib vaccines has been spectacular. Prior to their introduction, an estimated 10,000 cases of Hib meningitis occurred annually in the United States, which was approximately 1 in 300 children. It was even higher among native Alaskan and American Indian children. Since the widespread use of the vaccine, the disease has nearly disappeared in the United States, with only 40 cases in children under age 5 years reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2014. Thus, bacterial meningitis, once a scourge that killed and damaged too many American children is, for the most part, now a bad memory.

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