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Infection risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologic and targeted therapies
Rheumatology &Autoimmunity, EarlyView.In this context, infections associated with each biologic and targeted drug are summarized to inform the stratification of RA patients, including the characteristics of the susceptible patients and their concomitant therapy. We aim to provide a benefit‐risk analysis for clinical decision, and vital indications for the prevention of highly correlated ...
Lujing Wang, Jieshi Lin, Jie Qian
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Constructing Difference: Maternal Boundary‐Work in Science‐Based and Natural Mom Groups on Facebook
Symbolic 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
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PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundVaccine hesitancy is one of the contributors to low vaccination coverage in both developed and developing countries. Sudan is one of the countries that suffers from low measles vaccine coverage and from measles outbreaks. In order to facilitate
Majdi M Sabahelzain +5 more
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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While childhood vaccination programmes provide outstanding contributions to improving health, they can also pose challenges through the interactions between parents and healthcare. This paper focuses on the ethical dimensions of interactions between healthcare professionals and parents. Since the knowledge that professionals possess creates an
Mikael Sandlund +2 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2015 Summary: Measles outbreaks continue to occur in developing countries. This study attempted to explore the context of an outbreak of measles in a community of predominantly fishermen in Kerala to find out whether the outbreak was the result of a failure ...
Zinia T. Nujum, Sara Varghese
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Measles Vaccination Before the Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
American Journal of Public Health, 2013 At the beginning of the 1960s, it was clear that a vaccine against measles would soon be available. Although measles was (and remains) a killer disease in the developing world, in the United States and Western Europe this was no longer so. Many parents and many medical practitioners considered measles an inevitable stage of a child’s development ...
Jan, Hendriks, Stuart, Blume
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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Countries with varicella immunisation programmes have seen major reductions in disease burden. While two‐dose schedules are now universally adopted, dosing ages vary, and some countries initially include catch‐up vaccination of older children to speed impact. This modelling study assessed three two‐dose schedules in the Swedish setting (1)
Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba +6 more
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Understanding vaccine hesitancy among mothers: the case of a community hit by rubella outbreak
Annals of Tropical Research, 2020 The Philippines has been implementing its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) for over 40 years now. However, measles outbreaks are still reported. One of the reasons behind this is parental vaccine hesitancy.
Rhea Jenny A. Ogalesco +3 more
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Rationale for Recommending Varicella Vaccination Into the Swedish National Immunisation Programme
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Under Swedish law, a vaccination may be included in the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) if it effectively prevents transmission in the population, is cost‐effective and aligns with ethical and humanitarian principles. The Public Health Agency of Sweden (PHAS) evaluated these criteria for introducing varicella vaccination. Methods The
Annika Ersson +2 more
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