Australian Aboriginal Otitis-Prone Children Produce High-Quality Serum IgG to Putative Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Vaccine Antigens at Lower Titres Compared to Non-Aboriginal Children

BackgroundNontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is the most common bacterial otopathogen associated with otitis media (OM).NTHi persists in biofilms within the middle ears of children with chronic and recurrent OM.Australian Aboriginal children suffer exceptionally high rates of chronic and recurrent OM compared to non-Aboriginal children.NTHi

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