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Effect of early two-dose measles vaccination on childhood mortality and modification by maternal measles antibody in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: A single-centre open-label randomised controlled trial

EClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: Early 2-dose measles vaccine (MV) at 4 and 9 months of age vs. the WHO strategy of MV at 9 months of age reduced all-cause child mortality in a previous trial.
Sebastian Nielsen, Ane B Fisker, Isaquel da Silva, Stine Byberg, Sofie Biering-Sørensen, Carlitos Balé, Amarildo Barbosa, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Nadja Skadkær Hansen, Vu An Do, Ole Bæk, Stine Møller Rasmussen, Lone Damkjær, Sophus Hvidt, Olga Baltzersen, Amabelia Rodrigues, Cesario Martins, Kristoffer J Jensen, Hilton C Whittle, Gaby Smits, Fiona van der Klis, Peter Aaby, Christine S. Benn   +22 more
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Pain relief is associated with decreasing postural sway in patients with non-specific low back pain [PDF]

, 2012
Background Increased postural sway is well documented in patients suffering from non-specific low back pain, whereby a linear relationship between higher pain intensities and increasing postural sway has been described.
Walker Bruce, Ruhe Alexander, Alexander Ruhe, Ruhe, A., Bruce Walker, Walker, B., Fejer, R., Fejer René, René Fejer, Fejer, René   +9 more
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Minimal Sex-Differential Modulation of Reactivity to Pathogens and Toll-Like Receptor Ligands following Infant Bacillus Calmette–Guérin Russia Vaccination

Frontiers in Immunology, 2017
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), the only licensed vaccine against tuberculosis, has been shown to provide heterologous protection against unrelated pathogens and enhance antibody responses to several routine expanded program on immunization (EPI ...
Fatoumatta Darboe, Jane U. Adetifa, John Reynolds, Safayet Hossin, Magdalena Plebanski, Magdalena Plebanski, Mihai G. Netea, Sarah L. Rowland-Jones, Sarah L. Rowland-Jones, Jayne S. Sutherland, Katie L. Flanagan, Katie L. Flanagan, Katie L. Flanagan   +12 more
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National immunisation campaigns with oral polio vaccine may reduce all-cause mortality: Analysis of 2004–2019 demographic surveillance data in rural Bangladesh

EClinicalMedicine, 2021
Background: West African studies have suggested that national immunisation campaigns with oral polio vaccine (C-OPV) may non-specifically reduce all-cause child mortality rate by 15–25%.
Sebastian Nielsen, Md.Abdul Khalek, Christine Stabell Benn, Peter Aaby, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness of providing measles vaccination to all children in Guinea-Bissau

Global Health Action, 2017
Background: Measles vaccination is associated with major reductions in child mortality and morbidity. In Guinea-Bissau, to limit vaccine wastage, children are only measles-vaccinated if at least six children aged 9–11 months are present at a vaccination ...
Stine Byberg, Ane Bærent Fisker, Sanne Marie Thysen, Amabelia Rodrigues, Ulrika Enemark, Peter Aaby, Christine Stabell Benn, Ulla Kou Griffiths   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yoga treatment for chronic non-specific low-back pain (protocol)

, 2013
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of yoga for treating chronic non-specific low-back pain, compared to no specific treatment, a minimal intervention (e.g., education), or ...
Pilkington, K., L. Susan Wieland, Eric Manheimer, Brian M Berman, Skoetz, N., Berman, B.M., Wieland, L.S., Vempati, R., Nicole Skoetz, Ramaprabhu Vempati, Karen Pilkington, Manheimer, E.   +11 more
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A Risk Management Approach to Global Pandemics of Infectious Disease and Anti-Microbial Resistance

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Pandemics of infectious disease and growing anti-microbial resistance (AMR) pose major threats to global health, trade, and security. Conflict and climate change compound and accelerate these threats.
Annie Sparrow, Meghan Smith-Torino, Samuel M. Shamamba, Bisimwa Chirakarhula, Maranatha A. Lwaboshi, Christine Stabell Benn, Konstantin Chumakov   +6 more
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Epidemiological studies of the non-specific effects of vaccines: II--methodological issues in the design and analysis of cohort studies.

, 2009
We review sources of bias which can affect non-randomized cohort studies of non-specific effects of vaccines on child mortality. Using examples from the literature on non-specific effects, we describe different sources of selection and information bias ...
M. J. Firth, Moulton, L. H., P. K. Andersen, H. Ravn, Andersen, Per Kragh, Firth, MJ, Moulton, LH, Working Group on Non-specific Effects of Vaccines, S. Evans, Farrington, CP, L. H. Moulton, Moulton, L H, Evans, S, Evans, S., Firth, M J, Andersen, PK, Ravn, H., Ravn, H, C. P. Farrington, Farrington, C. P., Firth, M. J., Farrington, C P, Andersen, P. K.   +22 more
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BCG vaccination improves DTaP immune responses in mice and is associated with lower pertussis incidence in ecological epidemiological studies

EBioMedicine, 2021
Background: The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the only vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) currently in use, has shown beneficial effects against unrelated infections and to enhance immune responses to vaccines.
Esther Broset, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, Alex I. Kanno, Nacho Aguilo, Ana Isabel Dacosta, Irene Rivero-Calle, Jesus Gonzalo-Asensio, Camille Locht, Luciana C.C. Leite, Carlos Martin, Federico Martinón-Torres   +10 more
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A Review of the Effects of Omega-3 and Omega-6 on Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver [PDF]

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by fat accumulation in the liver not caused by excessive alcohol consumption. In contrast, alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is directly caused by it.
Darvishi, Mohammad, Alaa Toama, Mariam, K. Hadrawi, Salema, Adeli, Omid-Ali, Majid Alsaraf, Khulood, F. Ramadan, Montather, Pirhadi, Mohadeseh   +6 more
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