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Case based measles surveillance in Pune: evidence to guide current and future measles control and elimination efforts in India.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundAccording to WHO estimates, 35% of global measles deaths in 2011 occurred in India. In 2013, India committed to a goal of measles elimination by 2020.
Anindya Sekhar Bose   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genomic tools for post-elimination measles molecular epidemiology using Canadian surveillance data from 2018–2020

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionMeasles is caused by the highly infectious measles virus, MeV, for which there is an effective vaccine. Monitoring of progress of measles elimination requires enhanced surveillance and tracking of MeV strains, including documenting the ...
Joanne Hiebert   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of a formal sensitivity analysis on epidemic models with immune protection from maternally acquired antibodies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper considers the outcome of a formal sensitivity analysis on a series of epidemic model structures developed to study the population level effects of maternal antibodies.
Chapman, James D.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mathematical models for vaccination, waning immunity and immune system boosting: a general framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
When the body gets infected by a pathogen or receives a vaccine dose, the immune system develops pathogen-specific immunity. Induced immunity decays in time and years after recovery/vaccination the host might become susceptible again.
Barbarossa, Maria Vittoria   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Constructing Difference: Maternal Boundary‐Work in Science‐Based and Natural Mom Groups on Facebook

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Boundary‐work describes the activities of social groups as they seek to differentiate themselves from others to establish credibility, authority, or to protect their interests. While a growing body of literature explores occupational boundary‐work in health care, limited research has focused on how lay actors practice boundary‐work online.
Darryn DiFrancesco
wiley   +1 more source

PROBLEMS TOWARDS MEASLES ELIMINATION IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION

open access: yesЖурнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2016
Introduction of live measles vaccines into daily practice resulted in a pronounced reduction of measles morbidity in many countries, that allowed WHO to develop the measles eradication program.
VA. .. Aieshkin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-Measles Hemadsorption in a Cell Line Persistently Infected with Measles Virus (BGM/MV) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
Adsorption of Rhesus monkey erythrocytes to the plasma membranes of measles virus infected cells is frequently carried out to detect the presence of plasma membrane-associated measles virus hemagglutinin.
May, John D., Menna, Jay H.
core   +2 more sources

The Hajj 2019 Vaccine Requirements and Possible New Challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Each year millions of pilgrims perform the annual Hajj from more than 180 countries around the world. This is one of the largest mass gathering events and may result in the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Memish, Ziad A.
core   +1 more source

Imperative for a health‐centred focus on climate change in radiology

open access: yesJournal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
Summary Climate change negatively impacts individual and population‐level health through multiple pathways, including poor air quality, extreme heat and changes in infectious disease. These health effects will lead to higher health system and medical imaging utilisation.
Omar Taboun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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