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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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Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2020

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021
In 2012, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan,* with the objective of eliminating measles† in five of the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions by 2020 (1).
M. Dixon, Matt Ferrari, S. Antoni, Xi Li, A. Portnoy, B. Lambert, S. Hauryski, C. Hatcher, Yoann Nedelec, M. Patel, J. Alexander, Claudia Steulet, M. Gacic-Dobo, P. Rota, M. Mulders, A. Bose, A. Rosewell, K. Kretsinger, N. Crowcroft   +18 more
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Correction: Genetic characterization of measles virus circulating in Iran, 2021-2023. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Amiryli AE, Abbasi S, Tarpoor F, Shadab A, Saboori A, Jandaghi NS, Salimi V, Mokhtari-Azad T.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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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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Measles among healthcare workers in Italy. Is it time to act? [PDF]

, 2020
Vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) against measles is strongly recommended in Europe. In this study, we examined the impact of measles on Italian HCWs by systematically and quantitatively analyzing measles cases involving HCWs over time and by ...
Adamo, G., Baccolini, V., Bella, A., De Vito, C., Filia, A., Magurano, F., Marzuillo, C., Massimi, A., Rosso, A., Sindoni, A., Villari, P.   +10 more
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Measles in the 21st Century: Progress Toward Achieving and Sustaining Elimination

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
The global measles vaccination program has been extraordinarily successful in reducing measles-related disease and deaths worldwide. Eradication of measles is feasible because of several key attributes, including humans as the only reservoir for the ...
Paul A. Gastañaduy, J. Goodson, L. Panagiotakopoulos, P. Rota, W. Orenstein, Manisha M. Patel   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measles [PDF]

The Lancet, 2012
Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by measles virus and is one of the most devastating infectious diseases of man--measles was responsible for millions of deaths annually worldwide before the introduction of the measles vaccines. Remarkable progress in reducing the number of people dying from measles has been made through measles vaccination,
William J, Moss, Diane E, Griffin
openaire   +4 more sources

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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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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