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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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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]
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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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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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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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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This review presents data on changes in measures of innate and adaptive immunity associated with the state of sleep. The effects of restricted and prolonged sleep duration on measures of morbidity, mortality, and susceptibility to infectious diseases and the effects of vaccination are discussed.
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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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Avian influenza virus infection is a serious public health threat and preventive vaccination is the most cost-effective public health intervention strategy.
Weiping Cao+8 more
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