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Changes to the UK childhood immunisation schedule

Archives of Disease in Childhood
This article summarises the recommendations by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) for a new UK childhood immunisation schedule following the discontinuation of the Hib/MenC vaccine by the manufacturer (currently used at 12 months of age as a booster for these antigens) and the rationale behind these changes to the schedule ...
Oluwasefunmi Akeju, Emily A Lees, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Mary E Ramsay, Andrew J Pollard   +4 more
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Pentavalent vaccination in Kenya: coverage and geographical accessibility to health facilities using data from a community demographic and health surveillance system in Kilifi County

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background There is substantial evidence that immunization is one of the most significant and cost-effective pillars of preventive and promotive health interventions.
Morris Ogero, James Orwa, Rachael Odhiambo, Felix Agoi, Adelaide Lusambili, Jerim Obure, Marleen Temmerman, Stanley Luchters, Anthony Ngugi   +8 more
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Expert Consensus on Influenza Vaccine and Pneumococcal Vaccination in Elderly People With Chronic Respiratory Diseases (2024)

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This consensus describes the protective effect and safety of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, and vaccination recommendations, aiming to promote the vaccination rate, better play the role of vaccines in preventing influenza and pneumococcal diseases, and reduce the occurrence of respiratory infections and related serious complications in elderly ...
Lijing Wang, Qiao Yu, Qiong Chen, Pulin Yu, Expert Committee of Consensus Opinion on Influenza Vaccine and Pneumococcal Vaccine Vaccination for Elderly People with Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Respiratory Group of Chinese Geriatrics Society, Yunhua Bai, Yufeng Du, Luzhao Feng, Lidong Gao, Lingyun Gao, Baimei He, Junguang Jiang, Wenjing Jiang, Yayun Nan, Zhibin Peng, Yun Peng, Zhujun Shao, Jin Tan, Yingxuan Tian, Bingxiang Wang, Yuhong Wang, Wei Wu, Jianqin Wu, Xiuping Wu, Meizhe Xin, Wei Xiong, Guogang Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Xiangyu Zhang, Zhimian Zhang, Xiongwen Zhou   +31 more
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Spanish multicentre PIBHE study: Prevalence and immunisation of chronic hepatitis B in haemodialysis patients in Spain

Nefrología (English Edition), 2016
Introduction: The PIBHE study, promoted by the Spanish Liver and Kidney Association and the Dialysis Virus Group of the Spanish Society of Nephrology, is the first study to determine the status of haemodialysis patients with chronic HBV infection and the
Rebeca García Agudo, Sami Aoufi Rabih, Guillermina Barril Cuadrado, Beatriz Proy Vega, Ángel Arias Arias, José Antonio Herruzo Gallego   +5 more
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“She vaccinated my baby and that’s all…” Immunisation decision-making and experiences among refugee mothers resettled in Aotearoa New Zealand

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background To prevent disease outbreaks, refugee children must be age-appropriately immunised. This qualitative study gained an in-depth understanding of refugee mothers’ vaccine decision-making and experiences accessing immunisation services for their ...
Nadia A. Charania
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Histidine Supplementation Stabilizes Hearing and Vision and Improves Growth in HARS1‐Related Autosomal Recessive Disorder Associated With Usher‐Like Symptoms

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autosomal recessive HARS1‐related disorder (originally described as Usher syndrome type 3B) caused by a homozygous Y454S variant in the histidyl‐tRNA synthetase gene (HARS1) is characterized by progressive sensorineural hearing and vision loss and respiratory deterioration with risk for sudden death following febrile illnesses.
Victoria Mok Siu, Rosan Kenana, Rana Chakrabarti, Sarah D. P. Wilhelm, Joseph Andrews, Susan J. Leat, Christina Parker, Michael Miller, Leslie A. Nangle, Wendy McCaul, Ashfia Chowdhury, Natalie Hutchings, Ryan A. Adams, Lauren Guy, Mandy Rhody, Verena Juncal, Marisa I. Mendes, Desiree E. C. Smith, Gajja S. Salomons, Angelica A. Moresco, Daphne L. McCulloch, D. Holmes Morton, Ilka U. Heinemann, C. Anthony Rupar   +23 more
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Determination of factors affecting the vaccination status of children aged 12–35 months in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Heliyon, 2017
Vaccines are one of the most important achievements in public health, and a major contributor to this success is the Expanded Programme on Immunization. The utilisation of vaccination services and completion of the recommended schedule are determined by ...
Anonh Xeuatvongsa, Masahiko Hachiya, Shinsuke Miyano, Tetsuya Mizoue, Tomomi Kitamura   +4 more
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“It's Not Deterministic and It Will Never Be Deterministic”: A Qualitative Study on Stakeholder Perspectives of Polygenic Risk Score Testing for Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes significant mental and physical distress, yet only a small subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop the disorder. Scientists and clinicians are still unable to predict who will get the disorder or how it will manifest.
Brandy M. Fox
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Two Years of Ocrelizumab Treatment in Black and Hispanic People with Multiple Sclerosis in CHIMES: A Single‐Arm Clinical Trial

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ocrelizumab in self‐identified black and Hispanic people with relapsing multiple sclerosis. Methods The Characterization of Ocrelizumab in Minorities with Multiple Sclerosis (CHIMES) trial, a prospective, open‐label, single‐arm, phase 4 study, intentionally recruited underrepresented populations in ...
Lilyana Amezcua, Anthony T. Reder, Evanthia Bernitsas, Nancy L. Monson, Timothy Vartanian, Gregory F. Wu, Mansoor Saleh, Annette Okai, Ahmed Z. Obeidat, Dilraj Sokhi, Rikisha Parekh, Jinglan Pei, Christopher Harp, David Clayton, Ibraheem Abioye, Mitzi J. Williams, for the CHIMES Study Group   +16 more
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Risk factors and outcomes of delayed completion of the hexavalent 3 + 1 immunisation series in German preterm infants – an observational study

Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics
Background Although very low birthweight infants (VLBWI, birthweight 
Hannah Kraft, Marie-Theres Dammann, Kathrin Hanke, Michael Zemlin, Janina Soler Wenglein, Jule Rohde, Désirée Lasserre, Alexander Humberg, Claudia Roll, Christoph Härtel, Jan Rupp, Folke Brinkmann, Sabine Pirr, Reinhard Jensen, Rainer Odendahl, Peter Ahrens, Christine Silwedel, Johannes Liese, Wolfgang Göpel, Egbert Herting, Guido Stichtenoth, Ingmar Fortmann   +21 more
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