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Conjugate Vaccines Targeting Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigens [PDF]
VaccinesThe surface of cancer cells is covered in abnormal carbohydrate antigens that facilitate tumor growth, immune evasion and metastasis. Overexpressed and often specific to cancer cells, these tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) offer a valuable ...
Nadine Rosenglick +4 more
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Quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines
Vaccine, 2009 Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia with most disease caused by meningococci bearing serogroups A, B, C, Y and W-135 polysaccharides. Monovalent serogroup C conjugate vaccines have become established in the immunisation programmes in many countries and the first quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine ...
Aj Pollard, David Pace
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 Vaccines are cost-effective tools for reducing morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases. The rapid evolution of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, the introduction of tetravalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines, mass vaccination campaigns in ...
Francesca Micoli +4 more
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On the mechanisms of conjugate vaccines [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 During the last three decades, the development and commercialization of conjugate vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pneumococcus, and serogroups C, A, W, and Y of meningococcus contributed to the virtual elimination of bacterial meningitis caused by the bacteria included in the vaccines and to the prevention of diseases that used to
Rino Rappuoli +2 more
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Vaccines against Meningococcal Diseases
Microorganisms, 2020 Neisseria meningitidis is the main cause of meningitis and sepsis, potentially life-threatening conditions. Thanks to advancements in vaccine development, vaccines are now available for five out of six meningococcal disease-causing serogroups (A, B, C, W,
Mariagrazia Pizza +2 more
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Vaccine hesitancy and receipt of mandatory and optional pediatric vaccines in Shanghai, China
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Given increased global concern about vaccine hesitancy, this study estimates coverage of mandatory vs non-mandatory vaccines in children, and assesses whether vaccine hesitancy among young parents relates to their childʻs eventual vaccination status in ...
Mengdi Ji +3 more
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iScience, 2022 Summary: Several effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have been developed using different technologies. Although these vaccines target the isolates collected early in the pandemic, many have protected against serious illness from newer variants.
Puthupparampil V. Scaria +9 more
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Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019 Facing the availability of the new generation of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines (Menveo®, Menactra® and others pending for license) and their recent implementation in Saudi Arabia, experts from 11 countries of the Middle East region met at
Atef Shibl +4 more
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Adesão às novas vacinas conjugadas. Vacina anti-meningocócica e anti-pneumocócica.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2004 The new conjugate vaccines against group C meningococcal infection and pneumococcal infection were introduced in Portugal in 2001. In 2001/2002, the media published several alarming news on meningococcal disease and there was an increased demand of those
Laurinda De Queirós +3 more
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