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Influences of obesity on the immunogenicity of Hepatitis B vaccine

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017
Objective: Hepatitis B vaccine is regarded as the most effective method for the prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, several factors such as age, body mass index and immunocompetent state have been reported to be associated with ...
Fang Liu, Zhirong Guo, Chen Dong
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Retrospective Analysis of Viral Hepatitis B Incidence in Russia from 2013 to 2017 in the Context of Preventive Vaccination

Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2018
The article presents the results of a retrospective analysis of viral hepatitis B incidence in the Russian Federation from 2013 to 2017, taking into account the use of vaccines included into the National Immunisation Schedule and the Immunisation ...
L. M. Khantimirova, T. Yu. Kozlova, E. L. Postnova, V. A. Shevtsov, A. V. Rukavishnikov   +4 more
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Hepatitis B and A vaccination in HIV-infected adults: A review [PDF]

, 2016
Hepatitis B and A account for considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. Immunization is the most effective means of preventing hepatitis B and A.
Bayas Rodríguez, José María, García-Basteiro, Alberto L., Mena, Guillermo   +2 more
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Antitumor effect of therapeutic HPV DNA vaccines with chitosan-based nanodelivery systems [PDF]

, 2014
Cervical cancer is the second-most-common cause of malignancies in women worldwide, and the oncogenic activity of the human papilloma virus types (HPV) E7 protein has a crucial role in anogenital tumors.
Atyabi, F., Ghaemi, A., Gorji, A., Kalhor, H.R., Kelishadi, M., Moradi, A., Sajadian, A., Tabarraei, A., Tahamtan, A.   +8 more
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Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite tools currently available for its control. Making malaria vaccine available for routine use will be a major hallmark, but its acceptance by community ...
A Bingham, A Dodoo, A Launiala, A Olotu, AK Rowe, AS Jegede, C Wongsrichanalai, CA Baume, CA de Quadros, Dan-Bright S Dzorgbo, DB Dery, DI Ojakaa, E Klinkenberg, F Nuwaha, FN Binka, G GSS, Kojo A Senah, KP Asante, Kwaku P Asante, Lawrence G Febir, PW Chung, RW Snow, S Owusu-Agyei, S Owusu-Agyei, S Owusu-Agyei, Seth Owusu-Agyei, ST Agnandji, ST Agnandji, TE Nkya, Timothy S Letsa, WHO   +30 more
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Identification of hepatitis a virus mimotopes by phage display, antigenicity and immunogenicity [PDF]

, 2007
A phage-displayed peptide approach was used to identify ligands mimicking antigenic determinants of hepatitis A virus (HAV) for the first time. Bacteriophages displaying HAV mimotopes were isolated from a phage-display peptide library by affinity ...
Alicia Aguilar, Altschul, Arturo Talavera, Beales, Beckmann, Bosch, Burritt, Burritt, Clark, Cohen, Collins, Cuthbert, David I. Stott, de la Cruz, Delmastro, Ela M. Perez, Emini, Enshell-Seijffers, Felici, Folgori, Folgori, Frank Camacho, Gomara, Hollinger, Hoogenboon, Irving, Lemon, Lemon, Lemon, Lemon, Lemon, Lemon, Marston, Martin, Mattioli, Nainan, Neduva, Nevis Amin, Osmany G. Larralde, Partidos, Perea, Perez, Ping, Ping, Prezzi, Raiza Martinez, Reed, Sambrook, Scholfield, Stapleton, Stapleton, Stapleton, Verdaguer, Wan, Zhang   +54 more
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Barriers to Timely Administration of Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine to Neonates of Mothers With Hepatitis B in Ghana: Midwives’ Perspectives

SAGE Open Nursing, 2023
Background The global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis aims to reduce new hepatitis B infections by 90% by 2030. Yet, hepatitis B birth dose (HepB-BD) vaccination, which is effective in preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B ...
Charles Ampong Adjei PhD, MPH, RN, Damasus Suglo MSC, RN, Alfred Yanful Ahenkorah MPhil, RN, Shannon E. MacDonald PhD, RN, Solina Richter PhD, RN   +4 more
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Hepatitis B vaccination [PDF]

BMJ, 2007
Hepatitis B virus is a substantial threat to global health, with 360 million people chronically infected and more than 500 000 deaths each year from fulminant hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.1 2 After a call by the World Health Organization for the global introduction of vaccine prevention programmes by 1997,3 82% of countries in the world had ...
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Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and S-Escape Mutants: From the Beginning until Now [PDF]

, 2015
Despite of the progress made in vaccine and antiviral therapy development, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major health care problem. More than 240 million people are chronically infected worldwide showing differences in the severity of liver
Cuestas, María Luján, Eguibar, Nair, Gonzalez, Rodrigo Horacio, Nusblat, Alejandro David, Perazzo, Priscila   +4 more
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Adherence to hepatitis A and hepatitis B multi-dose vaccination schedules among adults in the United Kingdom: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Timely and complete vaccination with multi-dose schedules is of public health importance, because an incomplete vaccination series may yield suboptimal disease protection. However, data on adherence of adults to multi-dose vaccines are limited.
Kelly D. Johnson, Xiaoyan Lu, Dongmu Zhang   +2 more
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