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Hepatitis E outbreak in the health district of Bocaranga-Koui, Central African Republic, 2018–2019

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major public health disease causing large outbreaks and sporadic cases of acute hepatitis. We investigated an outbreak of HEV infection that occurred in September 2018 in the health district (HD) of Bocaranga-Koui,
Marina Prisca de Marguerite Nombot-Yazenguet, Joël Wilfried Doté, Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda, Philippe Armand Zemingui-Bembete, Benjamin Selekon, Ulrich Vickos, Alexandre Manirakiza, Emmanuel Nakoune, Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache, Narcisse Patrice Joseph Komas   +9 more
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Results of isolation and genotyping of measles viruses that circulated in 2012–2017 in the Odesa region

Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2021
Background. The circulation of different strains of the measles virus is closely related to the region and the incidence rate since circulating strains can change during epidemic outbreaks and in interepidemic periods. According to the WHO, the B3 strain
T.L. Hrydina, V.O. Honcharov, L.S. Kotlik, O.V. Skopenko, O.A. Hruzevsky, K.V. Radkevich   +5 more
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Vaccinations in pregnancy: An update for a changing time

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal immunization is one of the most effective public health interventions to reduce infectious morbidity and mortality in pregnant women, fetuses, and newborns. Despite robust evidence supporting vaccine safety and effectiveness in pregnancy, global uptake has declined following the COVID‐19 pandemic, contributing to resurgent outbreaks ...
Wendy Hodge, Méabh Bhuinneáin, Gelila Goba, Marisa Labovsky, Eliana Amaral, Asma Khalil, David Lissauer, Hema Divakar, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Deborah Money, Dharmintra Pasupathy, on behalf of the FIGO Committee on Infections During Pregnancy   +11 more
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Vaccination for girls and women across the life course: Evidence‐based recommendations for clinical practice and policy

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Vaccination across the life course is a cornerstone of preventive health care for girls and women. Although WHO recommends completion of essential vaccines by adolescence, global coverage remains suboptimal. Vaccine‐preventable diseases—including HPV‐related cancers, vaginal, vulvar, anal, oropharyngeal, influenza, pertussis, hepatitis B ...
Hema Divakar, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Gelila Goba, Chiara Benedetto, Méabh N. Bhuinneáin, Suvarna Khadilkar, Marisa Labovsky, Michael Abou‐Dakn, Eytan R. Barnea, Agnaldo Lopes da Silva‐Filho, Elizabete Argale, Andrea Genazzani, Diana Ramos, Dharmintra Pasupathy   +13 more
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Detection of measles vaccine virus and measles-specific immunoglobulin M in children vaccinated against measles-mumps-rubella during measles outbreak

Vaccine: X
Information regarding the detection perioid of measles vaccine virus (MeVV) RNA in human nasopharyngeal samples and measles-specific antibodies following measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination is limited. During contact tracing for a measles outbreak at
Euri Seo, Yun-Jung Chang, Jae Woo Chung, Yoon-Seok Chung, Seong Yeon Park   +4 more
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Attenuated measles virus controls pediatric acute B-lineage lymphoblastic leukemia in NOD/SCID mice

Haematologica, 2014
Novel therapies are needed for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia resistant to conventional therapy. While emerging data suggest leukemias as possible targets of oncolytic attenuated measles virus, it is unknown whether measles virus can eradicate ...
Nike C. Lühl, Felix Zirngibl, Carmen Dorneburg, Jiwu Wei, Meike Dahlhaus, Thomas F.E. Barth, Lüder H. Meyer, Manon Queudeville, Sarah Eckhoff, Klaus-Michael Debatin, Christian Beltinger   +10 more
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Whole genome analysis of hepatitis B virus before and during long-term therapy in chronic infected patients: Molecular characterization, impact on treatment and liver disease progression

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a serious public health concern worldwide despite the availability of an efficient vaccine and the major improvements in antiviral treatments.
Zeineb Belaiba, Zeineb Belaiba, Kaouther Ayouni, Kaouther Ayouni, Mariem Gdoura, Mariem Gdoura, Wafa Kammoun Rebai, Henda Touzi, Amel Sadraoui, Walid Hammemi, Lamia Yacoubi, Salwa Abdelati, Lamine Hamzaoui, Mohamed Msaddak Azzouz, Anissa Chouikha, Anissa Chouikha, Henda Triki, Henda Triki   +17 more
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Trends in hospitalizations for vaccine‐preventable diseases in the United States from 2014 to 2024

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Vaccination rates have declined in recent years, resulting in outbreaks of vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPDs) among children. We aimed to evaluate VPD hospitalization rates from 2014 to 2024 and to report associated trends in outcomes including intensive care utilization, mortality, readmissions, and costs.
Nathan M. Money, Erin Sullivan, Hannah Rector, Corrie E. McDaniel, Jessica L. Markham, Mersine A. Bryan   +5 more
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Performance Evaluation of the VIDAS® Measles IgG Assay and Its Diagnostic Value for Measuring IgG Antibody Avidity in Measles Virus Infection

Viruses, 2016
The objective of this study is primarily to compare the performance of the VIDAS® Measles immunoglobulin (Ig)G assay to that of two other serological assays using an immunoassay technique, Enzygnost® Anti-measles Virus/IgG (Siemens) and Measles IgG ...
Julia Dina, Christian Creveuil, Stephanie Gouarin, Florent Viron, Amelie Hebert, Francois Freymuth, Astrid Vabret   +6 more
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REVIEW OF MEASLES VIRUS

PROBLEMS of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 2021
Measles is a highly contagious, acute febrile illness that results from infection with measles virus (MV). MV is a single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus in the genus Morbillivirus of the family Paramyxoviridae. The wild-type MV consists of 24 genotypes, three of them (B3, D8 an H1) have dominated circulation in the world.
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