Table 3.
Characteristics of children aged 2-59 months with Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease resident in the Basse Health and Demographic Surveillance System (BHDSS), Upper River Region, The Gambia, admitted in health facilities from 2008 to 2017
| Admission year |
Admission month | Age (months) | Gender | Number of Hib vaccine doses | Age (months), 1st dose* | Age (months), 2nd dose* | Age (months), 3rd dose* | Positive samples | Outcome of hospitalisation | HIV test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |
Jul |
29 |
Male |
0 |
Blood |
Recovered |
ND |
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| 2011 |
Jun |
3 |
Male |
1 |
3 |
CSF & Blood |
Died |
ND |
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| 2011 |
Aug |
2 |
Female |
0 |
CSF & Blood |
Recovered |
ND |
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| 2011 |
Apr |
15 |
Male |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
CSF & Blood |
Recovered |
ND |
|
| 2011 |
Oct |
11 |
Female |
3 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
LA |
Recovered |
ND |
|
| 2012 |
Jul |
22 |
Female |
3 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
Blood |
Died |
ND |
|
| 2012 |
Sep |
54 |
Female |
0 |
Blood |
Not admitted |
ND |
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| 2012 |
Oct |
4 |
Female |
2 |
2 |
4 |
CSF & Blood |
Discharged |
ND |
||
| 2012 |
Nov |
48 |
Male |
0 |
Blood |
Discharged |
ND |
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| 2012 |
Jun |
5 |
Female |
2 |
NA |
Blood |
Recovered |
ND |
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| 2013 |
Jan |
48 |
Female |
0 |
CSF & Blood |
Discharged |
ND |
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| 2013 |
Feb |
3 |
Female |
1 |
2 |
Blood |
Discharged |
Mo |
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| 2013 |
Apr |
2 |
Female |
0 |
Blood |
Discharged |
ND |
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| 2013 |
May |
2 |
Female |
0 |
Blood |
Discharged |
ND |
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| 2013 |
Oct |
14 |
Female |
0 |
Blood |
Died |
Mo |
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| 2014 |
Feb |
2 |
Female |
0 |
Blood |
Discharged |
ND |
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| 2014 |
Sep |
3 |
Female |
1 |
2 |
Blood |
Discharged |
Mo |
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| 2015 |
Apr |
5 |
Female |
2 |
3 |
5 |
Blood |
Not admitted |
Mo |
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| 2015 |
Jul |
6 |
Male |
2 |
4 |
6 |
Blood |
Discharged |
ND |
||
| 2015 |
Aug |
38 |
Male |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Blood |
Discharged |
Inf |
|
| 2016 |
Mar |
4 |
Male |
1 |
3 |
Blood |
Died |
Mo |
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| 2016 |
Sep |
2 |
Male |
1 |
2 |
Blood |
Discharged |
Mo |
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| 2017 |
Jan |
11 |
Female |
1 |
NA |
Blood |
Recovered |
ND |
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| 2017 |
Jun |
3 |
Female |
1 |
NA |
CSF & Blood |
Recovered |
ND |
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| 2017 | Oct |
4 | Female | 2 | 3 | 4 | Blood | Recovered | Mo | ||
NA – not available, CSF – cerebrospinal fluid, LA – lung aspirate, ND – not done, Mo – mother’s HIV test result, Inf – infant’s HIV test result
*Dose of Hib vaccine.