Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Subject "Haemophilus influenzae"
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Humoral immunity in patients with chronic kidney disease and their response to pneumococcal immunization
(2020)In northwestern Ontario the Indigenous First Nations (FN) population have an increased prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD). There is an increased rate of infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae ... -
The Incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in Northwestern Ontario
(2009)Prior to the late 1980s, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was the most common cause of meningitis, epiglottitis, and other invasive bacterial infections in young children. The introduction of the conjugate Hib vaccines ... -
Role of haemophilus influenzae lipooligosaccharide in the activation of innate and adaptive immunity
A Gram negative human bacterial pathogen Haemophilus influenzae expresses a truncated endotoxin known as lipooligosaccharide (LOS). Recent studies on H. influenzae LOS have highlighted its structural and compositional ... -
Study of the activation of the inflammasome protein complex by Haemophilus influenzae Type a
(2021)Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) is a gram-negative bacterium capable of causing severe invasive infection such as meningitis and is classified by the presence or absence of polysaccharide capsule. The polysaccharide capsule ...
