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Is the impact of childhood influenza vaccination less than expected: a transmission modelling study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background To reduce the burden of severe influenza, most industrialized countries target specific risk-groups with influenza vaccines, e.g. the elderly or individuals with comorbidities.
Felix Weidemann, Cornelius Remschmidt, Silke Buda, Udo Buchholz, Bernhard Ultsch, Ole Wichmann   +5 more
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Effects of immunization in small-world epidemics [PDF]

, 2001
The propagation of model epidemics on a small-world network under the action of immunization is studied. Although the connectivity in this kind of networks is rather uniform, a vaccination strategy focused on the best connected individuals yields a ...
Kuperman, Marcelo, Zanette, Damian H.
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Nasal delivery of H5N1 avian influenza vaccine formulated with GenJet™ or in vivo-jetPEI® induces enhanced serological, cellular and protective immune responses

Drug Delivery, 2018
Avian influenza virus infection is a serious public health threat and preventive vaccination is the most cost-effective public health intervention strategy.
Weiping Cao, Margarita Mishina, Samuel Amoah, Wadzanai P. Mboko, Caitlin Bohannon, James McCoy, Suresh K. Mittal, Shivaprakash Gangappa, Suryaprakash Sambhara   +8 more
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Effectiveness, immunogenicity and safety of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine revaccinations in the elderly: a systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background In many industrialized countries routine vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV-23) is recommended to prevent pneumococcal disease in the elderly. However, vaccine-induced immunity wanes after a few years, and
Cornelius Remschmidt, Thomas Harder, Ole Wichmann, Christian Bogdan, Gerhard Falkenhorst   +4 more
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Efficient Immunization Strategies for Computer Networks and Populations

, 2003
We present an effective immunization strategy for computer networks and populations with broad and, in particular, scale-free degree distributions. The proposed strategy, acquaintance immunization, calls for the immunization of random acquaintances of ...
Daniel ben-Avraham, H. W. Hethcote, M. E. J. Newman, R. M. Anderson, Reuven Cohen, S. L. Feld, Shlomo Havlin   +6 more
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Regional reports for the subnational monitoring of measles elimination in Italy and the identification of local barriers to the attainment of the elimination goal [PDF]

, 2018
Although most countries in the WHO European Region were verified in 2017 as having interrupted endemic measles transmission, nine countries were still endemic. Among these, Italy accounted for the second highest number of measles cases reported in Europe
Adamo, Giovanna, Baccolini, Valentina, Bella, Antonino, De Soccio, Pasquale, Iannazzo, Stefania, Magurano, Fabio, Marzuillo, Carolina, Prencipe, Grazia Pia, Sturabotti, Giulia, Villari, Paolo   +9 more
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Vaccination coverage estimates and utilization patterns of inactivated enterovirus 71 vaccine post vaccine introduction in Ningbo, China

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background In China, enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the major etiological agents of hand foot mouth disease that poses severe risks to children’s health. Since 2015, three inactivated EV71 vaccines have been approved for use.
Lixia Ye, Jieping Chen, Ting Fang, Rui Ma, Jianmei Wang, Xingqiang Pan, Hongjun Dong, Guozhang Xu   +7 more
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Acceptance of influenza vaccination and associated factors among teachers in China: A cross-sectional study based on health belief model

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, Yan Liu, Qinghua Chen, Jun Wang, Xinren Che, Jian Du, Xiaoping Zhang, Yuyang Xu, Xuechao Zhang, Wei Jiang, Jing Wang, Qixin Xie, Zhaojun Lu, Yingying Yang, Lintao Gu, Junfang Chen   +15 more
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Passive immunization against Histomonas meleagridis does not protect turkeys from an experimental infection [PDF]

, 2009
Histomonosis or blackhead is a disease of gallinaceous birds, caused by the protozoan Histomonas meleagridis. As recent regulatory action has removed almost all drugs against this disease from the European market, the development of new prophylactics has
Bleyen, Nele, De Gussem, Maarten, Goddeeris, Bruno, Ons, Ellen   +3 more
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Perceptions of the Community about Polio in High-Risk Areas of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Vaccines, 2022
The study aimed to determine the reasons for polio vaccine hesitancy among parents of persistently missed children (PMCs) in the high-risk areas of Karachi, Pakistan. A cross-sectional survey of parents of PMCs was conducted in April 2019 in 34 high-risk
Fayaz Hussain Abbasi, Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Jaishri Mehraj, Syed Musa Raza, Shumaila Rasool, Umar Farooq Bullo, Sandeep Mehraj, Zamir Ali Phul, Sundeep Sahitia, Asif Ali Zardari, Shoukat Ali Chandio   +10 more
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