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Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza [PDF]

, 2012
WAcute lower respiratory infections, which broadly include pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are still the leading cause of childhood mortality. ALRI contributed to 18% of all deaths in children younger than five years of age in 2008, and the main pathogens ...
Black, Catto, Choudhuri, George, Graham, Higginson, Horwood, Huda, Lawn, Nair, Nair, Nair, O'Brien, Osterholt, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Rudan, Tomlinson, Watt, Webster   +21 more
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Dramatic decline of serogrup C meningococcal disease incidence in Catalonia (Spain) 24 months after a mass vaccination programme of children and young people [PDF]

, 2001
STUDY OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a mass vaccination programme carried out in Catalonia (Spain) in the last quarter of 1997 in response to an upsurge of serogroup C meningococcal disease (SCMD).
Domínguez García, Àngela, Muñoz, Pilar, Parrón Bernabé, Ignacio, Prats, Guillem, 1942-, Salleras i Sanmartí, Lluís   +4 more
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An economic analysis of a pneumococcal vaccine programme in people aged over 64 years in a developed country setting. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccination for older adults is being introduced in developed country settings. Evidence of protection by this vaccine against pneumococcal pneumonia, or confirmation that illness and death from bacteraemia are ...
Cutts, Felicity T, Hall, Andrew J, Mangtani, Punam, Roberts, Jennifer A   +3 more
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Serum bactericidal activity against circulating and reference strains of meningococcal serogroup B in the United States: A review of the strain coverage of meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) vaccines in adolescents and young adults

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is rare but associated with high morbidity and mortality. In the United States, the most vulnerable age groups are infants and adolescents/young adults, and the most common type of IMD is caused by serogroup B (MenB).
Jessica Presa, Cynthia Burman, Maria J. Tort, Alejandro Cane, Joseph A. Bocchini   +4 more
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Endotoxin in meningococcal infections. [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1980
26 children with meningococcal infections were studied to find out the relationaship between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid levels of endotoxin, the clinical outcome, the level of antigen in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid, and indices of complement activation and disseminated intravascular coagulation.
openaire   +3 more sources

Diagnosing serious infections in acutely ill children in ambulatory care (ERNIE 2 study protocol, part A): diagnostic accuracy of a clinical decision tree and added value of a point-of-care C-reactive protein test and oxygen saturation [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Acute illness is the most common presentation of children to ambulatory care. In contrast, serious infections are rare and often present at an early stage. To avoid complications or death, early recognition and adequate referral are essential.
Aertgeerts, B., Bullens, D.M.A., Buntinx, F., de Burghgraeve, T., de Sutter, A., ERNIE 2 Collaboration, The, Lemiengre, M.B., Verbakel, J.Y.   +7 more
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The attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge of healthcare professionals towards the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of bacterial meningitis in Turkey

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Introduction: Bacterial meningitis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults. Better understanding of the seroepidemiology of meningitis is critical for both the selection and implementation of an effective ...
Meltem Dinleyici, Merve Iseri Nepesov, Oguz Resat Sipahi, Kursat Bora Carman, Omer Kilic, Ener Cagri Dinleyici   +5 more
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A space-time conditional intensity model for infectious disease occurence [PDF]

, 2010
A novel point process model continuous in space-time is proposed for infectious disease data. Modelling is based on the conditional intensity function (CIF) and extends an additive-multiplicative CIF model previously proposed for discrete space epidemic ...
Assunçáo, Daley, Diggle, Diggle, Diggle, Elias, Hawkes, Held, Höhle, Höhle, Höhle, Höhle, Jensen, Jewell, Mohler, Neal, Nocedal, Ogata, Ogata, Ogata, Peng, Rathbun, Rosenstein, Scheel, Stroud, Trotter, Zangwill   +26 more
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Cancer in pregnancy: FIGO Best practice advice and narrative review

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Cancer during pregnancy is relatively rare. The incidence is underestimated due to the lack of international registries covering both high‐income and low‐ and middle‐income countries, and is expected to rise with increasing maternal age and increasing global adoption of cell‐free DNA testing for aneuploidy.
Surabhi Nanda, Melanie Nana, Long Nguyen‐Hoang, Sumaiya Adam, Fionnuala McAuliffe, Lina Bergman, Sarikapan Wilailak, Orla McNally, Cynthia V. Maxwell, Nikhil Purandare, Bo Jacobsson, Virna P. Medina, Anil Kapur, Titus Beyuo, Francisco Ruiloba, Ernesto Castelazo, Graeme N. Smith, Sharleen L. O'Reilly, Patrick O'Brien, Mark Hanson, Mary L. Rosser, Claudio Sosa, Valerie Guinto, Jonathan Berek, Catherine Nelson‐Piercy, Frédéric Amant, Liona Poon, on behalf of the FIGO Committee on the Impact of Pregnancy on Long‐term Health, FIGO Committee on Women's Cancer, and the FIGO Division of Maternal and Newborn Health   +29 more
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Risk of transmitting meningococcal infection by transient contact on aircraft and other transport. [PDF]

, 2009
Contact tracing of persons with meningococcal disease who have travelled on aeroplane or other multi-passenger transport is not consistent between countries.
Hellenbrand, W, Krause, G, Rachael, T, Schubert, K, Stuart, JM   +4 more
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