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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

open access: yesViruses, 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Health Systems ‘Software’ Factors Affect Frontline Health Workers' Humanitarian Response Efforts During Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Rohingya Refugee Camps, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Humanitarian settings face a growing healthcare workforce crisis marked by staff shortages, unsafe working conditions, and limited professional development. Despite being critical intermediaries in outbreak responses, demands on health workers come at a substantial cost to their health and wellbeing.
Georgia Venner   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in hospitalizations for vaccine‐preventable diseases in the United States from 2014 to 2024

open access: yesJournal 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical safety issues of measles, mumps and rubella vaccines

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000
The clinical safety of measles and measles-mumps-rubella vaccines has been questioned in recent reports that propose a possible link between measles virus or measles vaccines and the occurrence of juvenile Crohn disease and autism.
M.A. Afzal, P.D. Minor, G.C. Schild
doaj  

Infection control in the brain and the eye

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of the temporal and geographical distribution of measles virus genotypes in the prevaccine and postvaccine eras

open access: yesVirology Journal, 2005
Molecular epidemiological investigation of measles outbreaks can document the interruption of endemic measles transmission and is useful for establishing and clarifying epidemiological links between cases in geographically distinct clusters. To determine
Riddell Michaela A   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inflammation Unchecked: Concurrent Kawasaki Disease and Stevens‐Johnson Syndrome in an 18‐Month‐Old Child

open access: yes
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Catherine Deffendall   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prolonged Maternal Shedding and Maternal-fetal Transmission of Measles Virus

open access: yes, 2020
International audienceProlonged measles virus detection in maternal saliva and blood was evidenced in 6 pregnant women. Maternal-fetal transmission was evidenced in 2 of 4 infants who were asymptomatic at birth, 21–24 weeks after maternal infection ...
Dina, Julia   +6 more
core   +1 more source

IS A THIRD DOSE OF MEASLES VACCINE NECESSARY - AN IMMUNOLOGIST’S VIEW

open access: yesЖурнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2016
Immunological aspects of features of post-vaccine immune response to measles virus are presented and causal relationships are detected, that lead to the disappearance of protective antibodies against measles virus, as one of the arguments for improvement
M. P. Kostinov   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling Impact of Different Varicella Immunisation Strategies Upon Introduction in the Swedish National Programme

open access: yesActa 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
wiley   +1 more source

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