Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius
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| Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius Brenner et al., 1988 |
Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius (Hae) was discovered independently by Koch and Weeks in the 1880s. It is a causative agent of conjunctivitis. In and around the São Paulo State of Brazil during the mid 1980s to early 1990s a highly virulent clonal group of Hae was found to be responsible for Brazilian purpuric fever (BPF), an acute septacaemic fulminant illness of children.
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