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International Economic Review, 2013 AbstractLegal provisions that protect elected politicians from prosecution have been common throughout history and still exist in most democracies. We provide the first systematic measurement of immunity and study, theoretically and empirically, its relation to corruption. Theory predicts that immunity is a double‐edged sword.
Karthik Reddy +2 more
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Improving HPV vaccine delivery at school-based health centers
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Objective: To identify characteristics associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates, describe barriers and facilitators to vaccine uptake and the potential role for clinician-to-clinician Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, and eXchange ...
Kristin Oliver +5 more
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Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12-23 months in dschang, west region, cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak [PDF]
, 2015 Inadequate immunization coverage with increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases outbreaksremains a problem in Africa. Moreover, different factors contribute to incomplete vaccination status. This study wasperformed in Dschang (West Region, Cameroon),
Biguioh, Rodrigue Mabvouna +8 more
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Studying the effect of chloroquine on sporozoite-induced protection and immune responses in Plasmodium berghei malaria [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND Sporozoite immunization of animals and humans under a chemo-prophylactic cover of chloroquine (CPS-CQ) efficiently induces sterile protection against malaria.
Bijker, Else M +5 more
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Measuring childhood vaccination acceptance of mother in Zhejiang province, East China
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the vaccine hesitancy among mothers and examine risk factors associated with mother’s intention to vaccination in Zhejiang province.
Yu Hu, Yaping Chen, Ying Wang, Hui Liang
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023 Teachers played an important role on the transmission of influenza in schools and communities. The study aims to investigate the influenza vaccination coverage and the factors determining flu vaccination acceptance among teachers in Hangzhou, China.
Wenwen Gu +15 more
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Immune privilege or privileged immunity? [PDF]
Mucosal Immunology, 2008 Immune privilege is a concept that has come of age. Where previously it was considered to be a passive phenomenon restricted to certain specialized tissues, it is now viewed as comprising several mechanisms, both active and passive, shared in many aspects with emerging notions of the mechanisms of peripheral tolerance.
Forrester, J.V. +3 more
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Improving immunization strategies [PDF]
, 2007 We introduce an immunization method where the percentage of required vaccinations for immunity are close to the optimal value of a targeted immunization scheme of highest degree nodes. Our strategy retains the advantage of being purely local, without the
Argyrakis, Panos +4 more
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Vaccines, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic posed substantial challenges to healthcare systems globally and severely disrupted essential health services, including routine immunization programs.
Pawan Kumar +10 more
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