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Hypersensitivity to Excipients in Drugs: An EAACI Position Paper

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drugs contain active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients, compounds which enhance the pharmacokinetics, stability and palatability of the pharmaceutical formulation. While most drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHR) are caused by active ingredients, excipients may also be involved.
Lene H. Garvey, Knut Brockow, Annick Barbaud, Charlotte G. Mortz, Gianfranco Calogiuri, Asli Gelincik, Osman O. Yeğit, Alla Nakonechna, Annette Wagner, Rik Schrijvers, Toon Ieven   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating Vaccine Hesitancy and Building Trust to Prevent Future Measles Outbreaks in England

Vaccines, 2023
Measles, a highly infectious respiratory viral infection associated with severe morbidity and mortality, is preventable when coverage with the highly effective measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) is ≥95%. Vaccine hesitancy is responsible for measles
Sarah Thompson, Johanna C. Meyer, Rosemary J. Burnett, Stephen M. Campbell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measles Vaccine

Uirusu, 2009
Further attenuated live measles vaccine strains were developed through passages in chick embryo cells or other non-permissive cells from the Edmonston strain. The number of measles patients has reduced through worldwide acceptance of measles vaccine. Measles elimination was achieved in American continents and the goal of measles elimination in Western ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Ethical Considerations Regarding the Vaccination of Children—The Power Dynamics Between Doctors and Parents

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, Ingemar Engström, Anders Castor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12-23 months in dschang, west region, cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak [PDF]

, 2015
Inadequate immunization coverage with increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases outbreaksremains a problem in Africa. Moreover, different factors contribute to incomplete vaccination status. This study wasperformed in Dschang (West Region, Cameroon),
Biguioh, Rodrigue Mabvouna, Bouting Mayaka, Georges, Miglietta, Alessandro, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Rezza, Giovanni, Russo, Gianluca, Sobze, Martin Sanou, Stefanelli, Paola, Vullo, Vincenzo   +8 more
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Modelling Impact of Different Varicella Immunisation Strategies Upon Introduction in the Swedish National Programme

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, Frida Kasteng, Annika Ersson, Sören Andersson, Emma Appelqvist, Marie Nordahl, Kari Johansen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a further understanding of measles vaccine hesitancy in Khartoum state, Sudan: A qualitative study.

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, Mohamed Moukhyer, Eve Dubé, Ahmed Hardan, Bart van den Borne, Hans Bosma   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Kari Johansen, Sören Andersson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccine Myths: Setting the Record Straight [PDF]

, 2018
Despite their standing as one of the most remarkable public health achievements, vaccines have been surrounded by dangerous myths since the development of the smallpox vaccine in the 18th century.
Boom, Julie A, Cunningham, Rachel M, McGee, Lindy U.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite tools currently available for its control. Making malaria vaccine available for routine use will be a major hallmark, but its acceptance by community ...
A Bingham, A Dodoo, A Launiala, A Olotu, AK Rowe, AS Jegede, C Wongsrichanalai, CA Baume, CA de Quadros, Dan-Bright S Dzorgbo, DB Dery, DI Ojakaa, E Klinkenberg, F Nuwaha, FN Binka, G GSS, Kojo A Senah, KP Asante, Kwaku P Asante, Lawrence G Febir, PW Chung, RW Snow, S Owusu-Agyei, S Owusu-Agyei, S Owusu-Agyei, Seth Owusu-Agyei, ST Agnandji, ST Agnandji, TE Nkya, Timothy S Letsa, WHO   +30 more
core   +2 more sources