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School-based educational and on-site vaccination intervention among adolescents: study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Childhood vaccination programmes have been established in all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries; however, measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) as well as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (Tdap-IPV ...
Bethke, Norma   +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, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 3304-3321, June 2026.
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

Preliminary Study on Type I Interferon as a Mucosal Adjuvant for Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus F Protein

open access: yesVaccines
Background: Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) imposes a significant disease burden on infants and the elderly. Intranasal immunization using attenuated live vaccines and certain vector vaccines against HRSV has completed phase II clinical trials ...
Hongqiao Hu   +8 more
doaj   +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

The Influence of Quality of Measles Vaccine to The Incidence of Measles in Pasuruan Regency

open access: yesJurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2015
The measles is a major cause of child mortality among vaccine preventable disease. The incidence of measles reach out 198 cases in 2014 at Pasuruan. The incidence of measles in Pasuruan, not only in areas with low immunization coverage but also in areas ...
Dwi Wahyu Ningtyas, Arief Wibowo
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Immunization Control Activities on Measles Outbreaks in Akwa Ibom State, South-South, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +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

Reconciling the Use of Human Fetal Tissue in Research

open access: yes
Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.
Harvey B. Sarnat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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