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Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the Vaccine Era

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018
Infection with the meningococcus is one of the main causes of meningitis and septicaemia worldwide. Humans are the only natural reservoir for the meningococcus which is found primarily as a commensal inhabitant in the nasopharynx in ~10% of adults, and ...
S. Nadel, N. Ninis
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ontology Based Information Extraction for Disease Intelligence [PDF]

International Journal of Research in Computer Science, 2 (6): pp. 7-19, November 2012. doi:10.7815/ijorcs.26.2012.051, 2012
Disease Intelligence (DI) is based on the acquisition and aggregation of fragmented knowledge of diseases at multiple sources all over the world to provide valuable information to doctors, researchers and information seeking community. Some diseases have their own characteristics changed rapidly at different places of the world and are reported on ...
arxiv   +1 more source

An Economic Evaluation of Direct Oral Penicillin Challenge for De‐Labelling Low Risk Patients With a Penicillin Allergy Label

Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.
The cost of the Direct Oral Penicillin Challenge (DPC) itself is only a fraction of the full costs required to test for a penicillin allergy label by non‐allergists. The costs of DPC varied between hospitals using a nurse‐led, pharmacist‐led, or mixture of pharmacists and nurses.
R. Bestwick, R. Bhogal, K. Kildonaviciute, B. Y. Ng, B. Jackson, C. Moriarty, C. Thomas, L. Savic, S. A. Misbah, M. T. Krishna, R. Mujica‐Mota   +10 more
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Vaccine prevention of meningococcal disease in Africa: Major advances, remaining challenges

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Africa historically has had the highest incidence of meningococcal disease with high endemic rates and periodic epidemics. The meningitis belt, a region of sub-Saharan Africa extending from Senegal to Ethiopia, has experienced large, devastating ...
M. Mustapha, L. Harrison
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The effect of sleep and shift work on the primary immune response to messenger RNA‐based COVID‐19 vaccination

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
Summary Shift work can cause circadian misalignment, which often results in sleeping problems and has been associated with immune dysfunction. To better understand the impact of shift work on a primary immune response to vaccination, we compared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)‐specific humoral and cellular immune responses ...
Tamara M. J. Brouwers, Ümmü Gülsüm Çobanoğlu, Daryl Geers, Wim J. R. Rietdijk, Lennert Gommers, Susanne Bogers, Gert Jan Lammers, Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst, Inês Chaves, Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel, Birgit C. P. Koch, Rory D. de Vries, Debbie van Baarle, Hugo M. van der Kuy, Heidi M. Lammers‐van der Holst   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass gatherings: a review of the scope for meningococcal vaccination in the Indian context

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
The risk of meningococcal transmission is increased with crowding and prolonged close proximity between people. There have been numerous invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) outbreaks associated with mass gatherings and other overcrowded situations ...
Anand P Dubey, Rashna Dass Hazarika, Veronique Abitbol, Shafi Kolhapure, Someya Agrawal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meningococcal Disease Among College-Aged Young Adults: 2014–2016

Pediatrics, 2018
In this evaluation, we assess the incidence, risk, and characteristics of meningococcal disease in college-aged young adults in the United States. BrightcoveDefaultPlayer10.1542/6138657126001PEDS-VA_2018-2130 Video Abstract BACKGROUND: Freshman college ...
Sarah A Mbaeyi, S. Joseph, Amy E. Blain, Xin Wang, S. Hariri, Jessica R Macneil   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Common human diseases prediction using machine learning based on survey data [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
In this era, the moment has arrived to move away from disease as the primary emphasis of medical treatment. Although impressive, the multiple techniques that have been developed to detect the diseases. In this time, there are some types of diseases COVID-19, normal flue, migraine, lung disease, heart disease, kidney disease, diabetics, stomach disease,
arxiv  

Meningococcal disease and climate

Global Health Action, 2009
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is an epidemic infectious disease highly influenced by climatic factors. Climate plays an important role in both the spatial distribution of the disease and in the seasonality of IMD as seen all over the world. It is mentioned as one of the infectious diseases likely to be affected by climate change in the Fourth ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Patient follow‐up after discharge from the paediatric intensive care unit: A scoping review

Nursing in Critical Care, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Most children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) now survive because of improvements in care. Many studies have identified the psychological, functional, cognitive and social impact of PICU admission on a child and their family. However, expert recommendations on follow‐up are lacking. Aim To identify the strategies
Delphine Micaëlli, Jérôme Naudin, Stéphane Dauger, Michaël Levy, Sébastien Kerever   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source