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Proceedings of the expert consensus group meeting on herpes zoster disease burden and prevention in India: An opinion paper

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Herpes zoster (HZ) is a debilitating viral infection causing a dermatomal vesicular rash. Many known risk factors exist in India and adults >50 years of age may be especially susceptible to HZ. However, HZ is not a notifiable disease in India and data on
V Ramasubramanian, Agam Vora, Youness Lagoubi, Nicolas Lecrenier, Yashpal Chugh   +4 more
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Vaccination in adults with chronic lung disease – Revisiting 2019 immunization guidelines

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2021
Effective immunization programs have always resulted in successful eradication of targeted infectious diseases. Apart from childhood immunization, adult immunization is required for two major reasons: 1. failure of primary immunization, 2.
Rohit Vadala, Isabella Princess, Pratap Upadhya   +2 more
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Virosome-formulated Plasmodium falciparum AMA-1 & CSP derived peptides as malaria vaccine: randomized phase 1b trial in semi-immune adults & children. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND\ud \ud This trial was conducted to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of two virosome formulated malaria peptidomimetics derived from Plasmodium falciparum AMA-1 and CSP in malaria semi-immune adults and children.\ud \ud METHODS\ud \ud The
Abdallah, Mwanajaa Shomari, Abdulla, Salim, Aebi, Thomas, Cech, Patrick Georges, Daubenberger, Claudia, Genton, Blaise, Machunda, Ester Barnabas, Mpina, Maxmillian, Pluschke, Gerd, Stoffel, Sabine Alexandra, Tanner, Marcel, Westerfeld, Nicole, Zurbriggen, Rinaldo   +12 more
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Trends in Adult and Elderly Vaccination: Focus on Vaccination Practices in Tunisia and Morocco

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) are a prevailing concern among the adult population, despite availability of vaccines. Unlike pediatric vaccination programs, adult vaccination programs lack the required reach, initiative, and awareness.
Redouane Abouqal, Redouane Abouqal, Maher Beji, Maher Beji, Maher Beji, Mohamed Chakroun, Kamal Marhoum El Filali, Jihane Rammaoui, Hela Zaghden   +8 more
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Perception of the Lebanese Adults about Vaccination: A Survey

Vaccines, 2023
Introduction: With the continuous spread and emergence of transmissible diseases, focusing on preventive measures is essential to decrease their incidence and spread.
Rania Sakr, Mariana Helou, Cima Hamieh, Michelle Estephan, Remie Chrabieh, Pascale Salameh, Georges Khazen, Harout Kolanjian, Elsy Jabbour, Rola Husni   +9 more
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Knowledge About the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Employees at a Tertiary Cancer Center: Room for Improvement [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for routine vaccination of boys and girls to protect against HPV-related cancers and genital warts. To meet the Healthy People 2020
Baum, George P, Bello, Rosalind S, Dahlstrom, Kristina R, DePinho, Ronald A, Hawk, Ernest, Ramondetta, Lois M, Stevens, Lori D, Sturgis, Erich M, Tamez, Elenita   +8 more
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Towards Ending Immunization Inequity

Vaccines, 2021
Vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) are responsible for a significant portion of mortality across the life course in both low-income countries and in medium- and high-income countries.
Anna Victoria Sangster, Jane M. Barratt
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Understanding what people think and feel about adult vaccinations and the associated barriers in Greece: Development and validation of the attitude towards adult vaccination (ATAVAC) scale.

Health and Social Care in the community, 2021
Despite the unequivocal value of vaccination in reducing the global burden of infectious diseases, the anti-vaccination movement thrives. The vast majority of the existing validated tools explore attitudes regarding vaccination in children.
Z. Tsimtsiou, I. Tsiligianni, Anastasia Papaioannou, Dimitrios Gougourelas, Konstantinos Kolokas, Vasileios Gkizlis, Emmanuil Chatzimanolis, P. Domeyer   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Physicians' Use of Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase Adult Vaccination Uptake. [PDF]

Am J Prev Med, 2020
INTRODUCTION This study assesses the following among primary care physicians: (1) the use of evidence-based strategies to improve adult vaccination rates, (2) the number of strategies employed simultaneously, and (3) characteristics associated with ...
Hurley LP, Lindley MC, Allison MA, O'Leary ST, Crane LA, Brtnikova M, Beaty BL, Kempe A.   +7 more
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Projected risks and health benefits of vaccination against herpes zoster and related complications in US adults

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) to prevent against herpes zoster (HZ) and related complications in immunocompetent adults ≥50 y and immunocompromised adults ≥19 y. In 2019, a statistical
Cara B. Janusz, Tara C. Anderson, Andrew J. Leidner, Grace M. Lee, Kathleen Dooling, Lisa A. Prosser   +5 more
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