Association of Previous Measles Infection With Markers of Acute Infectious Disease Among 9- to 59-Month-Old Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundTransient immunosuppression and increased susceptibility to other infections after measles infection is well known, but recent studies have suggested the occurrence of an "immune amnesia" that could have long-term immunosuppressive effects ...
Alfonso, Vivian H +13 more
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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis of the Brainstem as a Clinical Entity. [PDF]
, 2017 Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare progressive neurological disorder of early adolescence caused by persistent infection of the measles virus, which remains prevalent worldwide despite an effective vaccine. SSPE is a devastating disease
Ciacci, Joseph D +3 more
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Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019 Europe has experienced a major resurgence of measles in recent years, despite the availability and free access to a safe, effective, and affordable vaccination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR).
A. Wilder-Smith, K. Qureshi
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No long-term excess mortality after measles infection : a community study from Senegal [PDF]
, 1996 Because measles immunization has been found in all studies to reduce mortality with more than the share of deaths attributed to acute measles, the authors examined mortality after measles infection in a study in a rural area of Senegal that included 6924
Aaby, Peter +3 more
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IKAROS Associated Immunodeficiency and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pathogenic variants in IKZF1 (IKAROS) are linked to immunodeficiency, malignancy, and immune dysregulation. We describe a family with a rare IKZF1 variant presenting with humoral immunodeficiency and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). A non‐consanguineous family was clinically monitored; clinical, immunological, and genetic data (exome
Ilia Spivak +7 more
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Measles Rash Identification Using Residual Deep Convolutional Neural Network
, 2020 Measles is extremely contagious and is one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable illness and death in developing countries, claiming more than 100,000 lives each year.
Gary, Todd +6 more
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Measles: What we have learned from non-human primate models [PDF]
, 2018 Studies in non-human primates (NHPs) have been crucial for our understanding of measles as a high impact viral disease of humans. Over a century ago, inoculations of NHPs with filtered secretions from measles patients first identified a virus as the ...
Swart, R.L. (Rik) de
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A new prediction diagnosis model of incomplete Kawasaki disease based on data mining with big data
Pediatric Discovery, EarlyView.In this study, based on a medical big data information mining approach, we mined the independent risk factors for incomplete Kawasaki disease prediction by comparing incomplete Kawasaki disease with related febrile illnesses and constructed an auxiliary diagnostic model used to predict incomplete Kawasaki disease.
Zhen Yang +4 more
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The Impact of Immunization Control Activities on Measles Outbreaks in Akwa Ibom State, South-South, Nigeria [PDF]
, 2010 Background: The increase of vaccination rates means that fewer children will be vulnerable to vaccine preventable diseases such as measles, which will invariably result in a drop in the infant mortality and morbidity rates.
Bassey, EB, Moses, AE, Udo, SM, Umo, AN
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A Systematic Review on Travel Medicine Practice to Control Transmission of Communicable Diseases [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The number of international travelers is estimated at 900 million per year and is projected to reach 1.6 billion per year in 2020. Travel medicine is devoted to the health of travelers who visit foreign countries.
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