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HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B

Specialty Definition: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B

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Health

A type of H. influenzae isolated most frequently from biotype I. Prior to vaccine availability, it was a leading cause of childhood meningitis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B

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Line graph showing incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and non-type b invasive disease, per 100,000 population, United States, 1989-1996. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B

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Health

Before the 1990s, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis, but new vaccines being given to all children as part of their routine immunizations have reduced the occurrence of invasive disease due to H. influenzae. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

haemophilus influenzae type b

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Ancestral Language Translations: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B

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Latin500 BCE-Modern

haemophilus influenzae typus B. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Alternative Orthography: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 41 45 4D 4F 50 48 49 4C 55 53      49 4E 46 4C 55 45 4E 5A 41 45      54 59 50 45      42

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000001 01000101 01001101 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001001 01001100 01010101 01010011 00100000 01001001 01001110 01000110 01001100 01010101 01000101 01001110 01011010 01000001 01000101 00100000 01010100 01011001 01010000 01000101 00100000 01000010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#69 &#77 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#73 &#76 &#85 &#83 &#32 &#73 &#78 &#70 &#76 &#85 &#69 &#78 &#90 &#65 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#89 &#80 &#69 &#32 &#66

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 0045 004D 004F 0050 0048 0049 004C 0055 0053      0049 004E 0046 004C 0055 0045 004E 005A 0041 0045      0054 0059 0050 0045      0042

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4235394749504243465553243484046553948603539254595039236

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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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