Hib
Britishacronym
Example Sentences
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In the 1990s, he helped create an inexpensive vaccine targeting the bacteria known as haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib, which had been killing children under 5.
From Washington Post
René Roy, a prominent Canadian chemist and Vérez’s partner in developing the synthetic Hib vaccine, said they picked on the wrong guy.
From Washington Post
In particular, the patients studied who had been vaccinated against polio and HIB generally had the lowest relative risk for being infected by SARS-CoV-2 across all time horizons.
From Salon
Temte recalled a shortage of the Hib vaccine given to children starting in late 2007 when problems with one manufacturer took production offline for more than a year, leaving the United States reliant on a single company for its supply.
From Washington Post
His most celebrated accomplishment was his role in the creation of a vaccine effective even in infants for the form of meningitis caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib — a medical advance that has been credited with saving as many as 7 million lives around the world.
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