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Is Diphtheria Booster Vaccination Still Necessary in Turkey?
Introduction: Diphtheria is a serious disease that can be prevented by vaccination. The aim of the study was to determine immunity against diphtheria and the necessity of booster doses in the adult population.Materials and Methods: Serum antibody levels ...
Sule Eren CAKAR +5 more
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Background Immunosuppressive drugs, incomplete vaccine coverage, immune system dysregulation might be factors of a low level of anti-vaccine antibodies in JIA patients. The study aimed to evaluate vaccine coverage, post-vaccine immunity, and risk factors
Mikhail M. Kostik +4 more
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High prevalence of antibodies to human herpesvirus 8 in relatives of patients with classic Kaposi's sarcoma from Sardinia [PDF]
A survey for antibodies to a recombinant small viral capsid antigen (sVCA) of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV‐8) was conducted in Sardinia, one of the world's highest incidence areas for classic Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Prevalence of antibodies to HHV‐8 sVCA
Angeloni, Antonio +11 more
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This case report describes a 24‐year‐old woman with trisomy 21 and an incomplete childhood vaccination history who developed severe disseminated varicella and varicella pneumonia. Chest CT on admission day 3 revealed scattered small nodules in both lung fields, characteristic of varicella pneumonia.
Satoshi Inaba +3 more
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The diphtheria carriage is a asympthomatic colonization of oro- and nasopharynx by toxigenic and nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The carriage of toxigenic strains prevents a complete eradication of diphtheria infection in spite of mass toxoid ...
N. N. Kostyukova, V. A. Bechalo
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Do Childhood Vaccines Have Non-Specific Effects on Mortality [PDF]
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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GLYCOSURIA IN DIPHTHERIA [PDF]
(1) There is a transitory glycosuria in diphtheria, which is found frequently in the severe cases and is usually present in the fatal ones. (2) This glycosuria is often associated with albuminuria. (3) Injections of diphtheria antitoxin are occasionally followed for a few days by a slight glycosuria.
Michael Morrissey +1 more
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ABSTRACT Background Patients with dermatological immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are increasingly treated with immunosuppressive and ‐modulating drugs. Some of these drugs increase the risk of acquiring infections and more complications can arise during an infection while treated with these agents.
Femke Lieten +8 more
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Effect of a single tetanus-diphtheria vaccine dose on the immunity of elderly people in São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
Epidemiological data regarding tetanus and diphtheria immunity in elderly people in Brazil are scarce. During the First National Immunization Campaign for the Elderly in Brazil in April 1999, 98 individuals (median age: 84 years) received one tetanus ...
Bellei, Nancy Cristina Junqueira +6 more
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