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Provider Insight on Surmounting Specialty Practice Challenges to Improve Tdap Immunization Rates among Pregnant Women

open access: yes, 2018
Background Pertussis, or “whooping cough,” is an acute, contagious pulmonary disease that, despite being vaccine-preventable, has become an increasingly widespread problem in the United States.
Albert, Alison P.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Mandatory vaccinations in European countries, undocumented information, false news and the impact on vaccination uptake: the position of the Italian pediatric society. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BACKGROUND: High rates of vaccination coverage are important in preventing infectious diseases. Enforcing mandatory vaccinations is one of the strategies that some Countries adopted to protect the community when vaccination coverage is not satisfactory ...
Bozzola E   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Epidemiological impact of waning immunization on a vaccinated population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This is an epidemiological SIRV model based study that is designed to analyze the impact of vaccination in containing infection spread, in a 4-tiered population compartment comprised of susceptible, infected, recovered and vaccinated agents. While many models assume a lifelong protection through vaccination, we focus on the impact of waning ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Seroprevalence of antibodies against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis among healthy Thai adolescents

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objective: To determine the seroprevalence of antibodies against of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis among Thai adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Thai adolescents aged 11–20 years who had completed five doses of ...
Pimpika Hanvatananukul   +7 more
doaj  

High Fat Low Carbohydrate Diet Is Linked to CNS Autoimmunity Protection

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Mapping global epidemiological data to macronutrient supply reveals high carbohydrate, in contrast to high fat supply, associates with increased multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence and incidence. This is confirmed in a mouse MS model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), using isocaloric diets: a high carbohydrate diet aggravates, a high ...
Duan Ni   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brain damage following whooping cough vaccination : is it time to lay the myth to rest? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Whooping cough causes significant morbidity and mortality, especially in early infancy. Although an effective vaccine exists, vaccine uptake in Malta was previously disappointing due to the general public’s and the medical community’s doubts regarding ...
Busuttil, Ray, Grech, Victor E.
core  

Knowledge, attitude and behaviours towards recommended vaccinations among healthcare workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are an important group of professionals exposed to biological risk during their work activities. So, the aim of this study is to perform a survey on the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of Italian HCWs towards the vaccinations ...
Chiarini, Massimiliano   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Populations Addressed in Vaccines Approved via the European Medicines Agency

open access: yesClinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Therapeutic and prophylactic agents require robust evidence before patient use. Randomized controlled trials are essential for evaluating safety and efficacy but often exclude specific populations that are also targets for the intervention. This study assessed which populations are included in vaccine registration studies and/or addressed in label ...
Débora D. Gräf   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

VaccineLies: A Natural Language Resource for Learning to Recognize Misinformation about the COVID-19 and HPV Vaccines [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Billions of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, but many remain hesitant. Misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines, propagating on social media, is believed to drive hesitancy towards vaccination. The ability to automatically recognize misinformation targeting vaccines on Twitter depends on the availability of data resources.
arxiv  

Maternal Vaccination in Argentina: Tdap Vaccine Effectiveness During Pregnancy in Preventing Pertussis in Infants Less Than 2 Months of Age.

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND In 2011, Argentina experienced the highest pertussis incidence and mortality rates in the last decade; 60% of deaths were among infants aged
V. Romanin   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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