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Immunizations - Not Just for Kids [PDF]
, 2007 Immunizations/vaccinations are beneficial for most people of all ages. Yet the mistaken belief persists that, with the exception of the flu vaccine, children should be the primary recipients of this important area of primary disease prevention.
Harrison G. Bloom
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Mathematical models for vaccination, waning immunity and immune system boosting: a general framework [PDF]
, 2015 When the body gets infected by a pathogen or receives a vaccine dose, the immune system develops pathogen-specific immunity. Induced immunity decays in time and years after recovery/vaccination the host might become susceptible again.
Barbarossa, Maria Vittoria +1 more
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Populations Addressed in Vaccines Approved via the European Medicines Agency
Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.Therapeutic and prophylactic agents require robust evidence before patient use. Randomized controlled trials are essential for evaluating safety and efficacy but often exclude specific populations that are also targets for the intervention. This study assessed which populations are included in vaccine registration studies and/or addressed in label ...
Débora D. Gräf +3 more
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Burden of Chickenpox on Families: A Study in Quebec
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2001 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the nonhospital costs of treating chickenpox and to ascertain the opinion of parents regarding the usefulness of vaccination. DESIGN: Retrospective postal survey. SETTING: Province of Quebec.
Philippe De Wals +5 more
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eLife, 2015 Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and reactivation of latent VZV causes herpes zoster (HZ). VZV reactivation is subject to the opposing mechanisms of declining and boosted VZV-specific cellular mediated immunity (CMI).
Benson Ogunjimi +3 more
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Vaccination of Persons Subject to Call-up for Military Service
Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2023 Relevance. In recent years, there has been an increase in the incidence of a number of vaccine-preventable diseases. The health of military personnel directly affects the combat effectiveness of the army. Aim.
M. P. Kostinov +3 more
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A Model Infectious Disease Curriculum for Fourth Grade Students: Integrating Prevention and Education Concepts in the Classroom [PDF]
, 2006 Despite the significant need for prevention education and updated disease curricula in elementary schools, there is a deficit of model units, lesson plans, and activities at the fourth grade level.
Downie, Diane Loreli
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Exploring the Potential and Advancements of Circular RNA Therapeutics
Exploration, EarlyView.Given the remarkable advantages in terms of stability, sustained expression profile, safety, wide range of druggable targets, scalable and cost‐effective manufacturing capabilities, circRNA is currently undergoing intensive investigation for various therapeutic applications such as vaccines, protein replacement, genetic disease treatment, gene therapy,
Lei Wang +6 more
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Pre-Clinical Development of an Adenovirus Vector Based RSV and Shingles Vaccine Candidate
Vaccines, 2023 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and shingles are two viral diseases that affect older adults, and a combined vaccine to protect against both could be beneficial. RSV infection causes hospitalisations and significant morbidity in both children
Lawrence Petherbridge +4 more
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Review of Varicella zoster virus : from epidemiology to prevention [PDF]
, 2008 The Varicella zoster virus is a human pathogen which causes Varicella after primary infection and herpes zoster after secondary reactivation. Both disease manifestations can occur at any age; however, Varicella is seen more commonly in children whilst ...
Pace, David
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