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Brain damage following whooping cough vaccination : is it time to lay the myth to rest? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Whooping cough causes significant morbidity and mortality, especially in early infancy. Although an effective vaccine exists, vaccine uptake in Malta was previously disappointing due to the general public’s and the medical community’s doubts regarding ...
Busuttil, Ray, Grech, Victor E.
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Trends in hospitalizations for vaccine‐preventable diseases in the United States from 2014 to 2024

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Vaccination rates have declined in recent years, resulting in outbreaks of vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPDs) among children. We aimed to evaluate VPD hospitalization rates from 2014 to 2024 and to report associated trends in outcomes including intensive care utilization, mortality, readmissions, and costs.
Nathan M. Money   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety of Co-Administration Versus Separate Administration of the Same Vaccines in Children: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesVaccines, 2019
The growing number of available vaccines that can be potentially co-administered makes the assessment of the safety of vaccine co-administration increasingly relevant but complex.
Jorgen Bauwens   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Provider Insight on Surmounting Specialty Practice Challenges to Improve Tdap Immunization Rates among Pregnant Women

open access: yes, 2018
Background Pertussis, or “whooping cough,” is an acute, contagious pulmonary disease that, despite being vaccine-preventable, has become an increasingly widespread problem in the United States.
Albert, Alison P.   +7 more
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No increased risk of spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak after spinal manipulative therapy: A retrospective cohort study

open access: yesPM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks, a rare but debilitating condition, have been described following spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) in case reports. However, the nature of the potential association between SMT and CSF leak is uncertain, and symptoms such as neck pain or headache may reflect preexisting leaks rather than ...
Robert J. Trager   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the relationship between operationally defined zero-dose communities and access to selected primary healthcare services for children and pregnant women in emergency settings.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
In this study the authors examine the relationship between "zero-dose" communities and access to healthcare services. This was done by first ensuring the first dose of the Diphtheria Tetanus and Pertussis vaccine was a better measure of zero-dose ...
Mark P Suprenant   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Do Childhood Vaccines Have Non-Specific Effects on Mortality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
A recent article by Kristensen et al. suggested that measles vaccine and bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine might\ud reduce mortality beyond what is expected simply from protection against measles and tuberculosis.
Boyce , G. Thomas   +3 more
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Seroepidemiology: an underused tool for designing and monitoring vaccination programmes in low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Seroepidemiology, the use of data on the prevalence of bio-markers of infection or vaccination, is a potentially powerful tool to understand the epidemiology of infection before vaccination and to monitor the effectiveness of vaccination programmes ...
Cutts, Felicity T, Hanson, Matt
core   +2 more sources

Prioritization of the Sustainable Development Goals: Developing and Testing a Novel Framework Under Varying Geographic Scales

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study develops and tests a novel prioritization framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under varying geographic scales (regional, sub‐regional, national), focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a pilot case.
Lea Issa, Mutasem El Fadel
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative safety and immunogenicity of an acellular versus whole- cell pertussis component of Diphteria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccines in senegalese infants [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
A diphtheria and tetanus toxoid two-component acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP), consisting of 25 microg glutaraldehyde-detoxified pertussis toxin (PT) and 25 microg native filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), was compared with diphtheria and tetanus toxoid
Cadoz, M.   +5 more
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