Hib

/ hɪb /

acronym for

1. Haemophilus influenzae type b: a vaccine against a type of bacterial meningitis, administered to children

Example Sentences

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

The Lasker Foundation described the two pairs as working on “parallel but separate tracks” to create the Hib meningitis vaccine that had entered widespread use by 1990.

From Washington Post