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Show An infection that was misnamed mis-named back in 1892 can at last be kept from threatening millions of infants and children chil-dren in the U.S. today. A new vaccine has been developed to fight this infection. THEN: The infection, called Haemophilus influenzae type b, "Hib" was misnamed for an assumed association with the influenza epidemic of 18512, when the germ was first isolated. iso-lated. It was not until the 1918 flu epidemic that Haemophilus Haemo-philus was correctly identified iden-tified as a bacteria rather' than an influenza, which is caused by a virus. NOW: Now about one in every 200 children is affr.rted by this invasive form of Hib infection during the first five years of life. Happily a new vaccine, b-CAPSA I, manufactured manufac-tured by Praxis Biol'.t'i''S Rochester. NY, 01. d distributed distrib-uted by Mead Johnvn Ni'Ui-tional Ni'Ui-tional Division, has hof n rp-proved rp-proved by the FDA. 7 ho Immunization Im-munization Practices AHvi.-.-ory Committee of tlv I'.S I Public Health Service exo' rts the availability of this van -m-to significantly redore the number of cases of Hih : ease and describes the vaccine vac-cine as efficacious and well tolerated. |
