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The incidence of most respiratory-transmitted diseases decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of containment measures. In contrast, in the Netherlands we noted an increase in invasive disease caused by b (Hib) (from < 0.3/100,000 before 2019 to 0.39 and 0.33/100,000 in 2020 and 2021) in vaccinated and unvaccinated age groups. We did not find a change in vaccine effectiveness against Hib invasive disease (effectiveness > 90%). We discuss factors that may have contributed to this rise.

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Increase in invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae b, the Netherlands, 2020 to 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Anneke+Steens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Steens Anneke</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Kamelia+R+Stanoeva&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stanoeva Kamelia R</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mirjam+J+Knol&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Knol Mirjam J</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Rob+Mariman&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mariman Rob</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hester+E+de+Melker&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">de Melker Hester E</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nina+M+van+Sorge&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">van Sorge Nina M</a></span>. Increase in invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae b, the Netherlands, 2020 to 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(42):pii=2100956. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.42.2100956" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.42.2100956</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 04 Oct 2021;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 21 Oct 2021 </span> </p>
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