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Advanced Purchase Commitments for a Malaria Vaccine: Estimating Costs and Effectiveness [PDF]
To overcome the problem of insufficient research and development (R&D) on vaccines for diseases concentrated in low-income countries, sponsors could commit to purchase viable vaccines if and when they are developed. One or more sponsors would commit to a
Ernst R. Berndt +6 more
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The Role of Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Periodontitis
Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.This narrative review aimed to summarize current evidence on the presence and potential pathogenic role of viruses in periodontitis. Design: Narrative Review; Population: Patients with periodontitis; Exposure: Detection of viruses in oral samples (biopsies, saliva, gingival crevicular fluid, subgingival plaque, blood); Outcome: Viral prevalence, load ...
Kim Natalie Stolte +2 more
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Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2017 Despite its proven efficacy, the hepatitis B vaccine requires improvements in immune enhancement and durability, especially in the elderly. Levamisole, an immune modulator, has been tested as an adjuvant to hepatitis B vaccine in several studies in ...
Mousalreza Hosseini +5 more
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Hepatitis B vaccination in prisons.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002 The opportunities and problems for hepatitis B vaccination programmes in prison settings are discussed. In particular, the advantages of modelling are stressed and an active case-finding approach is advocated. Measures for maintaining good case-holding are also discussed, and a 0, 1, 2 months vaccination regimen with 20 microg doses of vaccine is ...
openaire +2 more sources
Plastics and labor: The case of disposable medical plastics
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Plastics are ubiquitous in the contemporary practice of medicine, where they are tied to notions of hygiene and quality of care. However, when plastics first infiltrated global medical practice, they did so because of considerations related to patient comfort and durability.
Gauri Pathak
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Beyond Starch: Towards a Scalable Potato Platform for Molecular Farming
Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.Re‐engineering potato as a biosafe and host‐optimised platform for plant molecular farming by integrating intrinsic biological traits with targeted engineering strategies. ABSTRACT Thirty‐five years after the first recombinant protein was produced in potato and 30 years after clinical trials of edible vaccines from its tubers, the crop is being ...
Izabela Anna Chincinska +2 more
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A Quick and Simple Polarographic Method for Aluminum Measurement in Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine
Medical Laboratory Journal, 2015 Background and Objective: Aluminum salts are among the most common useful additive compounds in preparation of human and animal vaccines. Aluminum phosphate and aluminum hydroxide are two additives that show good immunoadjuvant effects with many antigens.
Mahmoud Alebouyeh +5 more
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Antibiotic‐mediated immune modulation in periodontitis
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.Abstract Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the supporting structures of the teeth. Although initiated by dysbiotic microbial communities, its progression is largely driven by the host's uncontrolled inflammatory response. While antibiotics have conventionally been employed in periodontitis therapy for their antimicrobial ...
Lina J. Suárez +6 more
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Do we need better hepatitis B vaccines? [PDF]
Indian J Med Res, 2017 Gerlich WH.
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper adds to the growing evidence on the impacts of early childhood development (ECD) programming by examining one of the world's largest home visitation programmes, the Happy Child Programme in Brazil, and its impacts on child vaccination and preventable death rates.
Raquel Tebaldi +2 more
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