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Structural asymmetry in knowledge of active and passive tetanus immunization among frontline healthcare workers: Implications for adult booster policy in China [PDF]
Despite sustained high childhood tetanus vaccination coverage in China, adult booster immunization has not been institutionalized, leaving a substantial immunity gap.
Quanjun Fang +6 more
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Neonatal tetanus, also known as tetanus neonatorum, occurs in young infants of inadequately immunized mothers. It is a kind of generalized tetanus that is exhibited mainly by prevention of the release of the inhibitory neurotransmitters (i.e ...
Itzhak Brook
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Insights Into monoclonal antibodies and vaccines targeting respiratory viruses [PDF]
IntroductionViral respiratory infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide, with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) a major contributor to hospitalizations and healthcare utilization. Among respiratory pathogens,
Antonella Gambadauro +3 more
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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in convalescent plasma donors with varying severity of COVID-19 illness [PDF]
Background/Aim. Plasma containing a high titer of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, donated from individuals who recovered from COVID-19, has the potential to be used as initial therapy for patients who have been infected (passive immunization).
Grujić Jasmina +4 more
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Passive Immunity and Antibody Response Induced by Toxoplasma gondii VLP Immunization
Passive immunity can provide immediate protection against infectious pathogens. To date, only a few studies have investigated the effect of passive immunization against Toxoplasma gondii, and the use of immune sera acquired from VLP-vaccinated mice for ...
Hae-Ji Kang +5 more
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Duration of Passive Immunity Part IV [PDF]
1. There is some evidence that an injection of 0·00001 c.c. of horse serum causes an appreciable degree of active immunity to horse serum in rabbits.2. Rabbits actively immune to horse serum receiving a series of injections of antitoxic horse serum at intervals of three to ten weeks eliminated the antitoxin at rapidly increasing rates.3. An intravenous
A T, Glenny, B E, Hopkins
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Introduction: Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), as a dangerous central nervous system damage, continues to threaten communities by imposing various disabilities and costs.
Mahmoud Yousefifard +7 more
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Passive Immunity to Poliomyelitis in the Chimpanzee [PDF]
A series of 6 chimpanzees was inoculated orally with stool from a poliomyelitis patient. Three of these animals had been given 170 cc. of homologous, hyperimmune monkey serum prior to inoculation, while three were unprotected. All 6 of the animals were subsequently shown to have poliomyelitis virus in their stools and ...
H A, Howe, D, Bodian
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Passive immunization of the human vagina
The vagina is an excellent site for topical passive immunization, as access is relatively easy, and it is an enclosed space that has been shown to retain bioactive antibodies for several hours.
Deborah J. Anderson
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Passive Immunization in Alpha-Synuclein Preclinical Animal Models
Alpha-synucleinopathies include Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, pure autonomic failure and multiple system atrophy. These are all progressive neurodegenerative diseases that are characterized by pathological misfolding and accumulation of
Jonas Folke +4 more
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