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Diagnosis and management guidelines for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome around the world: A scoping review and comparative study of international approaches

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is an epileptic encephalopathy requiring rapid diagnosis and treatment to optimize neurodevelopmental outcomes. Although multiple national and regional guidelines exist, recommendations vary.
Gozde Erdemir, Chethan K. Rao, Anne Francine Pino, Christina Briscoe, Debopam Samanta, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Sonal Bhatia, Jessica L. Carpenter, Christina Hoei‐Hansen, Puneet Jain, Tommy Stodberg, Robyn Whitney, Ryuki Matsuura, Karina Rosso Astorga, Keryma Acevedo Gallinato, Pratibha Singhi, Aristides Hadijinicolaou, Gia Melikishvili, Patricia Smeyers, Nicola Specchio, Stéphane Auvin, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium Infantile Spasm Work Group and International Committee   +21 more
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Measles elimination: progress, challenges and implications for rubella control. [PDF]

, 2013
Measles and rubella are major vaccine-preventable causes of child mortality and disability. They have been eliminated from the Americas and some other regions have also come close to elimination.
Lessler, Justin, Metcalf, Charlotte JE, Cutts, Felicity T., Cutts, F.T, Cutts, Felicity T, Lessler, J, Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Metcalf, C.J.E   +7 more
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A review of safety and immunogenicity of a novel measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) are highly infectious viral diseases affecting young children and have high secondary attack rates. Present MMR vaccines show consistent seroconversion rates for anti-measles and anti-rubella antibodies with variable ...
Nitin Shah, Apurba Ghosh, Kishore Kumar, Trayambak Dutta, Manish Mahajan   +4 more
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The vaccine coverage and vaccine immunity status and risk factors of non-protective levels of antibodies against vaccines in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: cross-sectional Russian tertiary Centre study

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2021
Background Immunosuppressive drugs, incomplete vaccine coverage, immune system dysregulation might be factors of a low level of anti-vaccine antibodies in JIA patients. The study aimed to evaluate vaccine coverage, post-vaccine immunity, and risk factors
Mikhail M. Kostik, Natalia A. Lubimova, Irina V. Fridman, Olga V. Goleva, Susanna M. Kharit   +4 more
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Trends in hospitalizations for vaccine‐preventable diseases in the United States from 2014 to 2024

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Vaccination rates have declined in recent years, resulting in outbreaks of vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPDs) among children. We aimed to evaluate VPD hospitalization rates from 2014 to 2024 and to report associated trends in outcomes including intensive care utilization, mortality, readmissions, and costs.
Nathan M. Money, Erin Sullivan, Hannah Rector, Corrie E. McDaniel, Jessica L. Markham, Mersine A. Bryan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sero-epidemiology of rubella in the urban population of Addis Ababa Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2000
We conducted a community-based cluster sample survey of rubella sero-epidemiology in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1994. Among 4666 individuals for whom complete data were available, rubella antibody prevalence was 91% (95% confidence interval: 90, 92).
Nigatu, Wondatir, Cutts, Felicity, Messele, T., Dejene, A., Nokes, D. James, Enquselassie, F., Abebe, A.   +6 more
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Practice nurses' perceptions of their immunization role and strategies used to promote measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine uptake in 2014-2018: A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2020
Aim The aim of this study was to explore which aspects of their role practice nurses perceive to be most influential and the strategies they employ to promote the MMR vaccine. Design Qualitative study employing in depth interviews.
Aitken, L. M., Debra Salmon, Hill, M. C., Marie C. Hill, Jane Chudleigh, Leanne M. Aitken, Salmon, D., Hill, Marie C, Salmon, Debra, Chudleigh, J. H., Chudleigh, Jane, Aitken, Leanne M   +11 more
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Clinical progress note: Mumps

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Mumps was a common childhood viral illness before the implementation of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination in 1967. There was a significant decrease in mumps cases in the postvaccine era; however, there has been an increase in outbreaks in the United States over the past two decades.
Sarah Ludvigsen, Mati Segev
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of a measles vaccine campaign by oral-fluid surveys in a rural Kenyan district: interpretation of antibody prevalence data using mixture models [PDF]

, 2009
We evaluated the effectiveness of a measles vaccine campaign in rural Kenya, based on oral-fluid surveys and mixture-modelling analysis. Specimens were collected from 886 children aged 9 months to 14 years pre-campaign and from a comparison sample of 598
Brown, D. W. G., Okiro, E. A., Were, S., Bett, A., Nokes, D. James, Gay, N. J., Vyse, A. J., Abwao, John, Ohuma, E. O., Samuel, Dhan   +9 more
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Measles， rubella， and mumps antibody seroprevalence among the children aged 18 years and younger in Karamay City， Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Shanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo understand the measles, rubella, and mumps antibody seroprevalence among the children aged 18 years and younger in Karamay City, and to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccination.MethodsA stratified whole cluster random sampling method was ...
WU Meili, LI Xia, ZUO Ling, RONG Liping, WANG Jing, WANG Feng   +5 more
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