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Table 1 Strains used for sequencing the capsule gene cluster

From: Two variants among Haemophilus influenzae serotype b strains with distinct bcs4, hcsA and hcsB genes display differences in expression of the polysaccharide capsule

Strain number

Age patient

Isolated from

Vaccine failure

Capsule locus type

Hib from pre-vaccination era

    

   H1990-0614

14 months

CSF

No

I

   H1991-1722

3 years

CSF

No

I

   H1992-2218

10 months

CSF

No

I

   H1994-0151

18 months

CSF

No

II

Hib from post-vaccination era

    

   H2000-1692

71 years

Blood

No

I

   H2000-1882

2 years

CSF

Yes

I

   H2001-1610

3 years

Blood

Yes

I

   H2002-2067

8 months

CSF

Yes

I

   H2002-2328

73 years

Blood

No

I

Other Hib

    

   Vaccine strain 1482

  

No

II

   Strain Eagan

  

No

II

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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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