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Measles Cases and Outbreaks [PDF]

Measles cases in 2023As of January 4, 2024, a total of 48 measles cases were reported by 20 ...

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Perspective on Global Measles Epidemiology and Control and the Role of Novel Vaccination Strategies

Viruses, 2017
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine preventable disease. Measles results in a systemic illness which causes profound immunosuppression often leading to severe complications.
Andrew S Beck, Bettina Bankamp, Paul A. Rota   +2 more
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Measles and Rubella Immunity Profile of Healthcare Workers in Bulgaria: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Vaccines
Healthcare workers (HCWs) and medical providers are regularly exposed to a wide range of infectious diseases in the course of their duties. This occupational risk is significant in the context of highly contagious infections such as measles, which can ...
Stefka Krumova, Zhivka Getsova, Lora Veleva, Radostina Stefanova, Tencho Tenev, Elitsa Golkocheva-Markova   +5 more
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Are the Objectives Proposed by the WHO for Routine Measles Vaccination Coverage and Population Measles Immunity Sufficient to Achieve Measles Elimination from Europe?

Vaccines, 2020
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed two-dose measles vaccination coverage of at least 95% of the population and percentages of measles immunity in the population of 85%−95% in order to achieve measles elimination in Europe.
Pedro Plans-Rubió
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Influenza A(H11N2) Virus Detection in Fecal Samples from Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) Penguins, Penguin Island, Antarctica

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Influenza A viruses infect a range of host species, including a large variety of mammals and more than a hundred species of birds. A total of 95 avian fecal samples were collected from penguin colonies in the South Shetland Islands, close to the ...
Maria Ogrzewalska, Fernando Couto Motta, Paola Cristina Resende, Tulio Fumian, Ana Carolina Fonseca da Mendonça, Luciana Appolinario Reis, Martha Lima Brandao, Marcia Chame, Ighor Leonardo Arantes Gomes, Marilda Mendonca Siqueira   +9 more
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Vaccine Mismatches, Viral Circulation, and Clinical Severity Patterns of Influenza B Victoria and Yamagata Infections in Brazil over the Decade 2010–2020: A Statistical and Phylogeny–Trait Analyses

Viruses, 2022
Worldwide, infections by influenza viruses are considered a major public health challenge. In this study, influenza B vaccine mismatches and clinical aspects of Victoria and Yamagata infections in Brazil were assessed.
Jaline Cabral da Costa, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira, David Brown, Jonathan Oliveira Lopes, Braulia Caetano da Costa, Eric Lopes Gama, Maria de Lourdes Aguiar-Oliveira   +6 more
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Incidence of Typhoid Fever and the Validity of the Widal Test in Some Districts in Iraq [PDF]

Al-Anbar Medical Journal, 2020
Background: Typhoid fever is a serious infectious disease. In Iraq, the disease has a public health burden because it’s endemicity and there is an overestimation of the cases because the diagnosis almost depends on the Widal test.
Mousa A. Shubbar, Shakir M. Zighar
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Analysis of Viral and Host Factors on Immunogenicity of 2018, 2019, and 2020 Southern Hemisphere Seasonal Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Adults in Brazil

Viruses, 2022
Annual vaccination against influenza is the best tool to prevent deaths and hospitalizations. Regular updates of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines (TIV) are necessary due to high mutation rates in influenza viruses.
Artur Capão, Maria L. Aguiar-Oliveira, Braulia C. Caetano, Thayssa K. Neves, Paola C. Resende, Walquiria A. F. Almeida, Milene D. Miranda, Olindo A. Martins-Filho, David Brown, Marilda M. Siqueira, Cristiana C. Garcia   +10 more
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Reduced ability to neutralize the Omicron variant among adults after infection and complete vaccination with BNT162b2, ChAdOx1, or CoronaVac and heterologous boosting

Scientific Reports, 2023
COVID-19 vaccines have dramatically reduced rates of severe infection requiring hospitalization. However, SARS-CoV-2 variants have reduced vaccine effectiveness at preventing any symptomatic infection.
Otávio Melo Espíndola, Trevon L. Fuller, Mia Ferreira de Araújo, Luis Fernando Lopez Tort, Lusiele Guaraldo, Guilherme Calvet, Paola Resende, Myrna Bonaldo, Jimmy Whitworth, Chris Smith, Marilda Siqueira, Patrícia Brasil   +11 more
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SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric population before and during the Delta (B.1.617.2) and Omicron (B.1.1.529) variants era

Virology Journal, 2022
Background COVID-19, the coronavirus disease that emerged in December 2019, caused drastic damage worldwide. At the beginning of the pandemic, available data suggested that the infection occurs more frequently in adults than in infants.
Haifa Khemiri, Kaouther Ayouni, Henda Triki, Sondes Haddad-Boubaker   +3 more
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