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ReviewClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI2015

Vaccines for Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: the Future Is Now.

Timothy F Murphy

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Review in Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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64citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy F MurphyDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA murphyt@buffalo.edu.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

Persistent H. influenzae in COPD - virulence, vaccines and antibiotic resistanceR01AI019641 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI MURPHY, TIMOTHY F · 1985 to 2023
$7.9M
NIAID NIH HHS AI19641NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI019641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections due to nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae result in enormous global morbidity in two clinical settings: otitis media in children and respiratory tract infections in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recurrent otitis media affects up to 20% of children and results in hearing loss, delays in speech and language development and, in developing countries, chronic suppurative otitis media. Infections in people with COPD result in clinic and emergency room visits, hospital admissions, and respiratory failure. An effective vaccine would prevent morbidity, help control health care costs, and reduce antibiotic use, a major contributor to the global crisis in bacterial antibiotic resistance. The widespread use of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines is causing a relative increase in H. influenzae otitis media. The partial protection against H. influenzae otitis media induced by the pneumococcal H. influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine represents a proof of principle of the feasibility of a vaccine for nontypeable H. influenzae. An ideal vaccine antigen should be conserved among strains, have abundant epitopes on the bacterial surface, be immunogenic, and induce protective immune responses. Several surface proteins of H. influenzae have been identified as potential vaccine candidates and are in various stages of development. With continued research, progress toward a broadly effective vaccine to prevent infections caused by nontypeable H. influenzae is expected over the next several years.

Indexed as

Haemophilus VaccinesAdultChildHaemophilus InfectionsHaemophilus influenzaeHumansOtitis MediaPneumococcal VaccinesPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRespiratory Tract InfectionsVaccines, ConjugateHaemophilus VaccinesPneumococcal VaccinesVaccines, Conjugate

Identifiers

PMID25787137
PMCPMC4412935
OpenAlexW2126874403

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