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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]
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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Improving HPV vaccine delivery at school-based health centers
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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Immunization of complex networks [PDF]
Complex networks such as the sexual partnership web or the Internet often show a high degree of redundancy and heterogeneity in their connectivity properties. This peculiar connectivity provides an ideal environment for the spreading of infective agents.
Pastor-Satorras, Romualdo+1 more
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Immune privilege or privileged immunity? [PDF]
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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Studying the effect of chloroquine on sporozoite-induced protection and immune responses in Plasmodium berghei malaria [PDF]
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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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 Dysregulation in Immune Thrombocytopenia [PDF]
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a bleeding disorder characterized by low platelet counts due to decreased platelet production as well as increased platelet destruction by autoimmune mechanisms. A shift toward Th1 and possibly Th17 cells together with impaired regulatory compartment, including T-regulatory (Tregs) and B-regulatory (Bregs) cells, have ...
Weili Bao+2 more
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Measuring childhood vaccination acceptance of mother in Zhejiang province, East China
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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Quantitative and qualitative assessments have revealed diverse factors that influence the uptake of childhood immunisation services and shed light on reasons for vaccination delays and refusals. UNICEF and partner organisations developed the Immunisation
Dimitri Prybylski+15 more
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