Sentences with phrase «as haemophilus»

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A few other strains that can such as Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus inflenzae, and Listeria monocytogenes have been known to be linked to meningitis as well.

In Canada, vaccines prevent illnesses such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), rotavirus, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pneumococcal and meningococcal diseases, and human papillomavirus virus (HPV).

Hib, or Haemophilus influenzae type b, can also cause serious joint and skin infections as well as other less common infections.

The latest study is the most thorough large - scale study to date of the risk of febrile seizures following inoculation with the DTaP - IPV - Hib vaccine, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough), as well as polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b.

[Haemophilus influenzae is a bacterium, the first organism to have its entire genome sequenced, which Venter completed in 1995; Drosophila is the common fruit fly, whose genome Venter sequenced as a warm - up to sequencing the human genome.]