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    Immunisation against Hib infection is now possible.

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    These Hib-caused infections are referred to generally as“Hib disease.”.

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    Immunisation against Hib is now routine for all children.

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    All together, these Hib-caused infections are generally referred to as“Hib disease.”.

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    The most common type of meningitis in children under four used to be Hib.

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    Hib/MenC(combined as one injection)- 4th dose of Hib and 1st dose of MenC(Menitorix®); plus:.

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    For Hib meningitis(the most common form of invasive Hib disease), the case fatality rate is 2-5%.

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    All children younger than five years of age should be vaccinated with the Hib vaccine.

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    All children younger than 5 years of age should be vaccinated with the Hib vaccine.

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    These supply constraints do not affect the hexavalent vaccine(DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)due to be used in the routine childhood immunisation programme.

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    The first dose is usually given at the same time as the first and third routine DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccine(see above).

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    As of 2013, 98% of World Health Organization member countries had adopted Hib vaccine in their immunization programs.

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    As with the complications associated with various forms of Hib disease, the risk of death from the different types varies.

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    They should then receive the first reinforcing dose as scheduled, also as DTaP/IPV(or DTaP/IPV/Hib), preferably allowing a minimum interval of one year.

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    Before the Hib vaccine was introduced, meningitis- infection of the membranes that cover the brain- was the most common Hib-induced invasive disease.

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    But sometimes the germs spread into the lungs or the bloodstream, and then Hib can cause serious problems such as meningitis and pneumonia.

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    Hib vaccine is already in routine use and is very successful, but as yet there is no vaccine against the most common strain of the meningococcal germ.

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    Similarly, children who present first for the preschool booster without any pertussis, should also receive DTaP/IPV(or DTaP/IPV/Hib) as priming and reinforcing doses, preferably allowing a minimum interval of one year.

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    Each year there are around 1,800 reported cases of bacterial meningitis in England and Wales, but this figure is now falling fast because of the success of the Hib vaccine.

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    Even in high-income countries, the benefit of corticosteroids is only seen when they are given prior to the first dose of antibiotics, and is greatest in cases of H. influenzae meningitis, the incidence of which has decreased dramatically since the introduction of the Hib vaccine.

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