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Long-Term Protection against Diphtheria in the Netherlands after 50 Years of Vaccination: Results from a Seroepidemiological Study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:To evaluate the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) a population-based cross-sectional seroepidemiological study was performed in the Netherlands.
E M Swart   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mutation and Diversity of Diphtheria Toxin in Corynebacterium ulcerans

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Corynebacterium ulcerans infection is emerging in humans. We conducted phylogenetic analyses of C. ulcerans and C. diptheriae, which revealed diverse diphtheria toxin in C. ulcerans.
Ken Otsuji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The entry of diphtheria toxin into the mammalian cell cytoplasm: evidence for lysosomal involvement [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
Lysosomotropic amines, such as ammonium chloride, are known to protect cells from the cytotoxic effects of diphtheria toxin. These drugs are believed to inhibit the transport of the toxin from a receptor at the cell exterior into the cytoplasm where a ...
Draper, Rockford K., Simon, Melvin I.
core   +2 more sources

Primary diphtheria immunisation of adolescents and adults with low‐dose vaccine, a survey of historic evidence from the literature

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, Volume 112, Issue 2, Page 242-245, February 2023., 2023
Abstract The Public Health Agency of Sweden carried out a literature review on diphtheria vaccinations for seronegative people above 6 years of age with an uncertain vaccine history. The aim was to harmonise national Swedish recommendations with the current World Health Organization recommendations. There was no firm conclusion about dosage.
Fredrik Kahn, Tiia Lepp, Jann Storsaeter
wiley   +1 more source

The threat of a new tetanus outbreak due to urban flooding disaster requires vigilance: a narrative review

open access: yesAcute Medicine &Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 1, January/December 2023., 2023
Tetanus prevention is largely dependent on adequate vaccination, but it might also be influenced by climate change and not necessarily the level of development of a country. In the future, it will be necessary for not only developing countries but also developed countries that are susceptible to climate change to be on guard against urban flooding ...
Junko Yamaguchi, Kosaku Kinoshita
wiley   +1 more source

Diphtheria-neutralizing antibody levels in healthy adults from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
In Brazil, until 2004, the immunization policy against diphtheria involved childhood vaccination with no official routine booster dose administered after 15 years of age.
Fabricia Pires Pimenta   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Studies on the denaturation of antibody: II. The effect of protein concentration on the rate of denaturation of diphtheria antitoxin by urea [PDF]

open access: yes, 1945
The specific rate of inactivation of antitoxin in urea solutions, as measured by the Römer neutralization test with toxin, has been shown to be independent of the concentration of protein under the conditions studied.
Wright, George G.
core   +1 more source

Population Immunity to Diphtheria and Tetanus in the Republic of Belarus Following Long-Standing Vaccination

open access: yesЭпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2018
Study results of IgG to diphtheria and tetanus in 785 residents aged from 1 to 76 years old from different regions of the Republic of Belarus (in 2017) in long-term (since 1996) immunization schedule: at 3, 4, 5 and at 18 months old – DTP vaccine, at 6 ...
V. L. Kolodkina   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Production of IgY polyclonal antibody against diphtheria toxin and evaluation of its neutralization effect by Vero cell assay

open access: yesBMC Biotechnology, 2021
Background Diphtheria is a bacterial disease which is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The symptoms are due to the diphtheria toxin produced by the bacteria.
Morteza Rezaeifard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of a single tetanus-diphtheria vaccine dose on the immunity of elderly people in São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
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
core   +1 more source

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