Empirical Research on the Demand for Influenza Vaccination Among the Elderly, [PDF]
Purpose: This paper analyses what factors determine the demand for vaccination among the elderly as a high risk group. Using the estimation results, this paper then evaluates how legal requirements and/or subsidies affect their demand.
Yasushi Ohkusa
core
Objective Bone destruction associated with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains a major therapeutic challenge, with a lack of reliable molecular markers reflecting bone injury. This study aims to identify novel biomarkers linked to bone destruction in active RA through proteomic analysis, providing new strategies for precise monitoring and targeted
Pengfei Xin +15 more
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High Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B among Immigrant Students in Canada: A Case for Universal Immunization of Young Adults [PDF]
Ross A. Pennie, C. Yong Kang
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Abstract In today's digital age, misinformation propagates rapidly through digital channels, blurring the lines between truth and fiction, and challenging the foundations of trust in information sources. Although affecting all spheres of life, misinformation poses a significant threat to workers highlighting a critical intersection between ...
Ashwani Malhotra +4 more
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Recycling probability and dynamical properties of germinal center reactions
We introduce a new model for the dynamics of centroblasts and centrocytes in a germinal center. The model reduces the germinal center reaction to the elements considered as essential and embeds proliferation of centroblasts, point mutations of the ...
Deutsch, Andreas +2 more
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Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment
Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Strategic positioning of immunization at the heart of Africa's health and development agenda. [PDF]
Wiysonge CS +7 more
europepmc +1 more source
Exosome as bioactive nanovesicle for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in periodontitis
This review introduces the mechanism that exosomes participate in the pathogenesis of periodontitis and their potential as biomarkers for early diagnosis and summarizes the application of cell‐ or plant‐derived exosomes or engineered exosomes in periodontitis or periodontal regeneration while proposing the perspective of translational application of ...
Yu Wang +6 more
wiley +1 more source
CAQ Corner: Basic concepts of transplant immunology
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Amanda Cheung, Josh Levitsky
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Intradermal immunization with Plasmodium berghei late-arresting genetically attenuated sporozoites induces PD-L1 expression on regulatory macrophages and dendritic cells. [PDF]
van Schuijlenburg R +9 more
europepmc +1 more source

