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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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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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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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Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Long Term Safety, Immunogenicity and Efficacy of RTS,S/AS02(D) Malaria Vaccine in Infants Living in a Malaria-Endemic Region. [PDF]

, 2013
The RTS,S/AS malaria candidate vaccine is being developed with the intent to be delivered, if approved, through the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of the World Health Organization.
A Olotu, Ali Mohammed, Amanda Leach, B Lell, David Schellenberg, E Macete, EV Macete, Francisca Machera, Grace Mwangoka, Hassan Mshinda, J Sacarlal, J Sacarlal, JJ Aponte, Joe Cohen, Johan Vekemans, KA Bojang, KE Kester, KP Asante, Marc Lievens, Marcel Tanner, Marie-Claude Dubois, MedDRA, MT White, Mwanajaa Shomari, Nahya Salim, Omar Juma, P Aide, P Aide, P Bejon, Richard Kamata, S Abdulla, S Owusu-Agyei, Salim Abdulla, ST Agnandji, ST Agnandji, ST Agnandji, Sulende Kubhoja, Terrell Carter, Thomas Aebi, Tonya Villafana, W Ripley Ballou, WHO, WHO, WHO/IVR   +43 more
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Immunogenicity and immunization costs of adjuvanted versus non-adjuvanted hepatitis B vaccine in chronic kidney disease patients [PDF]

, 2016
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination is recommended for all susceptible chronic pre-hemodialysis and hemodialysis patients. This study assessed the immunogenicity of HBV vaccines (adjuvanted and non ...
Aldea, Marta, Bayas Rodríguez, José María, García-Basteiro, Alberto L., Sequera, Víctor Guillermo, Sicuri, Elisa, Velasco Muñoz, César, Vilajeliu, Alba   +6 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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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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Need for Hepatitis B Vaccination in Medical Students

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Hepatitis B is a global acute and chronic life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. During cadaveric dissection, clinical rotations, and autopsy posting, medical students get exposed to patients’ blood and body fluids, which ...
Niranjan Chapagain, Sanskriti Chapagain
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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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