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Age-Related Dynamics in Post-Vaccine Antibody Immune Response to Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoid in Bulgarian Subjects

Acta Medica Bulgarica, 2021
In this study, we investigated the age-related dynamics in post-vaccine humoral immunity to diphtheria (DT) and tetanus (TT) toxoids in the Bulgarian population.
Lesichkova S., Mihailova S., Mihaylova A., Gesheva N., Yankova P., Naumova E.   +5 more
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Safety and immunogenicity of an indigenously developed tetanus toxoid, diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) in adults, adolescents, and children in India

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2023
Background This study assessed safety and immunogenicity of Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd (SIIPL)’s tetanus toxoid (TT), diphtheria toxoid (DT), and acellular pertussis booster vaccine (Tdap).
Hitt J Sharma, Sameer Parekh, Pramod Pujari, Sunil Shewale, Shivani Desai, Anand Kawade, Mandyam Ravi, Jitendra Oswal, Saji James, N. Mahantashetti, Renuka Munshi, Apurba Ghosh, Venkateshwar Rao, Sundaram Balsubramaniam, P. Varughese, A. Somshekhar, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Harish Rao, Manish Gautam, Sunil Gairola, Umesh Shaligram   +20 more
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Clinical Characteristics of Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Corynebacterium ulcerans is a closely related bacterium to the diphtheria bacterium C. diphtheriae, and some C. ulcerans strains produce toxins that are similar to diphtheria toxin. C.
Akihiko Yamamoto, Toru Hifumi, Manabu Ato, Masaaki Iwaki, Mitsutoshi Senoh, Akio Hatanaka, Shinichi Nureki, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Tomoko Hirose, Yukihiro Yoshimura, Takaaki Urakawa, Shiro Hori, Hiroto Nakada, Tomomasa Terada, Tomoko Ishifuji, Hisayo Matsuyama, Takahiro Kinebuchi, Atsuhito Fukushima, Koji Wake, Ken Otsuji, Takeru Endo, Hirokazu Toyoshima, Ikkoh Yasuda, Takeshi Tanaka, Naoki Takahashi, Kensaku Okada, Toshimasa Hayashi, Taizo Kusano, Minami Koriyama, Norio Otani, Motohide Takahashi   +30 more
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Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of Animal Testing in the Quality Control of Human Vaccines [PDF]

, 2015
Vaccines are recognised as a highly cost effective tool for preventing infectious diseases. They are derived from biological sources and due to the complexity of composition and heterogeneity of products, vaccine lots undergo legally required quality ...
HALDER MARIA ELISABETH
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Provider Insight on Surmounting Specialty Practice Challenges to Improve Tdap Immunization Rates among Pregnant Women

, 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., Fisher, Allison Kennedy, Frew, Paula M., Jiles, Angela J., Mehrotra, Arpita, Mullen, Jennifer, Randall, Laura A., Rodriguez, Leslie   +7 more
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Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12-23 months in dschang, west region, cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak [PDF]

, 2015
Inadequate immunization coverage with increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases outbreaksremains a problem in Africa. Moreover, different factors contribute to incomplete vaccination status. This study wasperformed in Dschang (West Region, Cameroon),
Biguioh, Rodrigue Mabvouna, Bouting Mayaka, Georges, Miglietta, Alessandro, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Rezza, Giovanni, Russo, Gianluca, Sobze, Martin Sanou, Stefanelli, Paola, Vullo, Vincenzo   +8 more
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Diphtheria Carriage

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2018
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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Diphtheria anti-toxoid antibody levels among pre-clinical students and staff in an institute of higher learning in Malaysia: are they protected? [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction: Little is known about the sero-prevalence of diphtheria anti-toxoid antibody levels among medical students in Malaysia. They too, just like other health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of contracting and transmitting diphtheria. Fortunately,
Awang Hamat, Rukman, Chong, Seng Shueh, Chua, Y. J., Jamal, Farida Fatema@Farida, K., Norhanim, M., Zubaidah, Osman, Malina, Seng, K. L., Weng, Poh Leng   +8 more
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Do Childhood Vaccines Have Non-Specific Effects on Mortality [PDF]

, 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, Cooper, O. William, Griffin, R. Martin, Wright, F. Peter   +3 more
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Co‐Coverage of Essential Interventions Across the Health System Continuum of Care for Improving Child Nutrition in Ethiopia

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to assess the coverage of essential nutrition interventions delivered through the health system and explored the relationship between co‐coverage and child‐ and maternal‐level factors, household‐level factors, and access to healthcare facilities.
Alemnesh Petros, Meron Girma, Tsedey Moges, Alemayehu Hussen, Tadesse Kebebe, Meseret Woldeyohannes, Teshome Asefa, Daniel Abera, Yirgalem Tadesse, Getachew Tollera, Mesay Hailu, Arnaud Laillou, Stanley Chitekwe, Kaleab Baye, Ramadhani Noor, Masresha Tessema   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source