Racial Disparities in Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease-United States, 2008-2017.
Nicole E BrownAmy E BlainKari BurzlaffLee H HarrisonSusan PetitWilliam SchaffnerChad SmelserAnn ThomasLori TridenJames P WattTracy PondoMelissa J WhaleyFang HuXin WangSara OliverHeidi M SoetersPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
While nontypeable H. influenzae causes the largest H. influenzae burden overall, AI/AN populations experience disproportionately high rates of Hia and Hib, with the greatest disparity among AI/AN children aged <5 years. Prevention tools are needed to reduce disparities affecting AI/AN children and address increasing Hia incidence in other communities.