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Tuberculosis and gender: exploring the patterns in a case control study in Malawi. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: In many populations there is an excess of tuberculosis in young women and older men. We explored possible explanations for these patterns, concentrating on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, pregnancy, smoking, cooking smoke exposure,
Crampin, AC, Fine, PEM, Floyd, S, Glynn, JR, Malema, SS, Mwaungulu, FD, Mwinuka, VK, Ngwira, BMM, Warndorff, DK   +8 more
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Immunogenicity and safety of polio vaccines in infants: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Virology Journal
Poliomyelitis, preventable only through vaccination, remains a global health concern, with wild poliovirus transmission and the emergence of vaccine-derived polioviruses. The risk of further deterioration of the situation jeopardizes efforts to eradicate
Roman P. Terekhov, Artem A. Svotin, Maria D. Korochkina, Anastasiya A. Khodyachikh, Mikhail A. Varnavskiy, Anastasia N. Piniaeva, Yury Yu. Ivin, Dmitry D. Zhdanov, Liubov I. Kozlovskaya, Amir Taldaev   +9 more
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Non-uptake of dual protective polio vaccine and its determinants among children in Ethiopia using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey 2019: a mixed-effect model

BMJ Open
Introduction The polio vaccine is the live-attenuated antigen that prevents poliomyelitis. According to a report by the WHO, about 1 million less than 5-year-old children missed the polio vaccination from 2018 to 2021.
Esmael Ali Muhammad, Amare Kassaw, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew, Tigabu Kidie Tesfie, Muluken Chanie Agimas   +4 more
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KAP Study on Immunization of Children in a City of North India – A 30 Cluster Survey [PDF]

, 2008
Background: To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices about immunization among respondents of children aged 12-23 months.\ud Methods: A total of 510 respondents were interviewed in the urban slums of Lucknow district of India, using 30 cluster ...
Awasthi, Shally, Bhushan, Vidya, Kumar, Vishwajeet, Nath, Bhola, Singh , JV, Singh, SK   +5 more
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Community engagement and integrated health and polio immunisation campaigns in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan: a cluster randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Pakistan faces huge challenges in eradicating polio due to widespread poliovirus transmission and security challenges. Innovative interventions are urgently needed to strengthen community buy-in, to increase the coverage of oral polio vaccine
Ahmed, Imran, Ali, Noshad, Anwar, Saeed, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Cousens, Simon, Habib, Muhammad Atif, Haque, Najib Ul, Soofi, Sajid, Tahir, Rehman   +8 more
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Epidemic poliomyelitis, post-poliomyelitis sequelae and the eradication program [PDF]

Microbiology Australia, 2020
Epidemics of paralytic poliomyelitis (polio) first emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States and the Scandinavian countries. They continued through the first half of the 20th century becoming global. A major epidemic occurred
Margaret M Peel
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Re-Emerging Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in War-Affected Peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean Region\u2014An Update [PDF]

, 2017
For the past few decades, the Eastern Mediterranean Region has been one area of the world profoundly shaped by war and political instability. On-going conflict and destruction have left the region struggling with innumerable health concerns that have ...
Inaya Hajj, H., Leone, A., Nour, C., Rasha, R., Sana, C., Skye El, S.   +5 more
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Acute Transverse Myelitis in a Child Following Oral Live Polio Vaccine Administration

International Medical Case Reports Journal
Sergiy Kramarov,1 Liudmyla Palatna,1 Iryna Shpak,1 Iryna Seriakova,1 Liudmyla Zakordonets,2 Liudmyla Verbova,3 Oleksandr Molodetskyi,3 Liudmyla Myroniak,4 Tatiana Isayenko5 1Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Bogomolets National Medical ...
Kramarov S, Palatna L, Shpak I, Seriakova I, Zakordonets L, Verbova L, Molodetskyi O, Myroniak L, Isayenko T   +8 more
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Comparison of IPV to tOPV week 39 boost of primary OPV vaccination in Indian infants: an open labelled randomized controlled trial

Heliyon, 2017
Background: The final endgame strategy of global polio eradication initiative includes switching from trivalent oral poliovirus vaccines (tOPV) to bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV), and introduction of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV).
Suman Kanungo, Deok Ryun Kim, Bisakha Haldar, Cynthia Snider, Uma Nalavade, Soon Ae Kim, Ju Yeon Park, Anuradha Sinha, Aiyel Haque Mallick, Byomkesh Manna, Dipika Sur, Ranjan Kumar Nandy, Jagadish M. Deshpande, Cecil Czerkinsky, Thomas F Wierzba, William A Petri Jr., Mohammad Ali, Ayan Dey   +17 more
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World witnesses a tumultuous year while India reports an eventful decade in the long story of polio eradication

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2014
With recent outbreaks in Syria and Horn of Africa, silent circulation of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Israel, West Bank, and Gaza, and fresh spate of violence against vaccinators and their security personnel in Pakistan, the world is facing a ...
Sanjay Chaturvedi
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