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B Cells Regulate Neutrophilia during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and BCG Vaccination by Modulating the Interleukin-17 Response [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We have previously demonstrated that B cells can shape the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including the level of neutrophil infiltration and granulomatous inflammation at the site of infection. The present study examined the mechanisms by
A Casadevall   +74 more
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Serendipity and strategy in rapid innovation

open access: yesNature Communications, 2017
Organizations can take different approaches to innovation: they can either follow a strategic process or a serendipitous perspective. Here Fink et al. develop a statistical model to analyse how components combine to obtain a product and thus explain the ...
T. M. A. Fink   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Penta is associated with an increased female-male mortality ratio: cohort study from Bangladesh

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine may be associated with excess female deaths. There are few studies of possible nonspecific effects of the DTP-containing vaccine Penta (DTP-hepatitis B-Haemophilus influenzae type b).
Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) Vaccine Induced Tuberculous Lymphadenitis: A Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Nobel Medical College, 2020
Bacille Calmette-Guérin lymphadenitis is one of the most common complication of this vaccination. We present a case report of infant with this vaccination induced lymphadenitis treated successfully with anti-tubercular therapy.
Kalyan Sapkota
doaj   +1 more source

BCG: a vaccine with multiple faces

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
BCG has been recommended because of its efficacy against disseminated and meningeal tuberculosis. The BCG vaccine has other mechanisms of action besides tuberculosis protection, with immunomodulatory properties that are now being discovered. Reports have
Marco Antonio Yamazaki-Nakashimada   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization and evaluation of a mobile IMU-based ballistocardiography system

open access: yesCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2023
In recent decades ballistocardiography (BCG) has regained popularity as a way to measure the mechanical activ- ity of the heart. In this paper we present and evaluate a new iteration of our mobile BCG measurement system.
Klauth Lucas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of IFN-ɣ response against mycobacterial antigens used for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in BCG vaccinated cattle under a natural transmission setting in central Chile

open access: yesAustral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic disease of animals mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis, a zoonotic pathogen that generates economic losses in the milk and meat industry.
María Belén Benavides   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Shewhart charts to monitor quality characteristics of preventive vaccines for tuberculosis

open access: yesБиопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2023
Scientific relevance. The quality of medicinal products, particularly vaccines, is contingent on the stability of the manufacturing process at all stages, which can be evaluated using Shewhart charts for data obtained by monitoring the quality attributes
A. A. Savina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Brightest Cluster Galaxy in Abell 85: The Largest Core Known so far [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We have found that the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) in Abell~85, Holm 15A, displays the largest core so far known. Its cusp radius, $r_{\gamma} = 4.57 \pm 0.06$ kpc ($4.26^{\prime\prime}\pm 0.06^{\prime\prime}$), is more than 18 times larger than the ...
Añorve, C.   +7 more
core   +4 more sources

The Role of Risk Factors in the Development of Tuberculosis in Children Exposed to Rifampicin Resistant Tuberculosis

open access: yesТуберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2021
The objective: to identify factors of a higher risk to develop tuberculosis in children exposed to tuberculosis cases resistant or sensitive to rifampicin.Subjects 161 children under 6 years old exposed to tuberculosis in their families were enrolled in ...
N. A. Nikiforenko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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