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Development and launch of a regional learning network to improve physical and mental health outcomes
Learning Health Systems, EarlyView.Abstract Background Care gaps in routine and preventive care are common among youth. To close care gaps, health systems should take a population health approach and create opportunities for partnership, collaboration, shared learning, and scale via learning networks (LNs).
Ndidi Unaka +11 more
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Preferences for COVID-19 vaccine: Evidence from India [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 India's mass vaccination efforts have been slow due to high levels of vaccine hesitancy. This study uses data from an online discrete choice experiment with 1371 respondents to rigorously examine the factors shaping vaccine preference in the country. We find that vaccine efficacy, presence of side effects, protection duration, distance to vaccination ...
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Expert Review of Vaccines, 2018 Introduction: Pneumococcal diseases (including septicemia, meningitis, pneumonia, and upper respiratory infections) constitute a major public health problem.
Tomas Mrkvan +4 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 BackgroundPatients with primary humoral immunodeficiency are more prone to invasive as well as recurrent pneumococcal infections. Therefore, anti-pneumococcal vaccination including the 13-valent conjugate vaccine is recommended. Nevertheless, to date, no
Ailsa Robbins +11 more
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Pneumococccal conjugated pneumococcal vaccine (PCV10) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 13 (PCV13), are used in childhood immunization programs worldwide, but direct comparisons of impacts against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in ...
P. Nauclér +5 more
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Aging Cell, EarlyView.During spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the lung to the bloodstream, the pneumococcal pore‐forming toxin pneumolysin (PLY) disrupts apical junction complexes (AJCs) and triggers the transmigration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), which secrete tissue‐destructive neutrophil elastase.
Shuying Xu +4 more
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Position statement on the management of pregnancy in sickle cell disease
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EarlyView.Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary haemoglobinopathy which causes multi‐organ dysfunction. Pregnancies in SCD are high risk with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, including vaso‐occlusive crises, thrombosis, anaemia, placental insufficiency, fetal growth restriction, preterm birth and medication effects. High level evidence
Mimi Yue +5 more
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Understanding hesitancy with revealed preferences across COVID-19 vaccine types [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Many countries have secured larger quantities of COVID-19 vaccines than their populace is willing to take. This abundance and variety of vaccines created a historical moment to understand vaccine hesitancy better. Never before were more types of vaccines available for an illness and the intensity of vaccine-related public discourse is unprecedented ...
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Recent progress in pneumococcal protein vaccines
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Pneumococcal infections continue to pose a significant global health concern, necessitating the development of effective vaccines. Despite the progress shown by pneumococcal polysaccharide and conjugate vaccines, their limited coverage and the emergence ...
Sha Li +4 more
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Analysis of COVID-19 in India using vaccine epidemic model incorporating vaccine effectiveness and herd immunity [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 COVID-19 will be a continuous threat to human population despite having a few vaccines at hand until we reach the endemic state through natural herd immunity and total immunization through universal vaccination. However, the vaccine acts as a practical tool for reducing the massive public health problem and the emerging economic consequences that the ...
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