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Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae: Emergence and Pathogenesis

mBio, 2016
While significant protection from pneumococcal disease has been achieved by the use of polysaccharide and polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines, capsule-independent protection has been limited by serotype replacement along with disease caused by ...
Lance E. Keller, D. Ashley Robinson, Larry S. McDaniel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical and bacteriological characteristics of invasive pneumococcal disease after pneumococcal 10-valent conjugate vaccine implementation in Salvador, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Invasive pneumococcal disease is a relevant public health problem in Brazil, especially among children and the elderly. In July/2010 a 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced to the immunization schedule of Brazilian children under two ...
Carolina Regis Leite, Jailton Azevedo, Vivian Santos Galvão, Otávio Moreno-Carvalho, Joice Neves Reis, Cristiana Nascimento-Carvalho   +5 more
doaj  

Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines against invasive pneumococcal disease among children under five years of age in Africa: A systematic review.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundDespite the widespread implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the leading cause of severe pneumonia associated with mortality among children less than 5 years of age worldwide, with the highest ...
James Samwel Ngocho, Best Magoma, Gaudencia Alois Olomi, Michael Johnson Mahande, Sia Emmanueli Msuya, Marien Isaäk de Jonge, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Poultry Diseases Expert System using Dempster-Shafer Theory [PDF]

arXiv, 2012
Based on World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet in the 2011, outbreaks of poultry diseases especially Avian Influenza in poultry may raise global public health concerns due to their effect on poultry populations, their potential to cause serious disease in people, and their pandemic potential.
arxiv  

FcγRIIa Polymorphism in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease [PDF]

, 1997
Jacobo Abadi, Zhaojing Zhong, Joanna Dobroszycki, Liise‐anne Pirofski   +3 more
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Bortezomib, Rituximab and Dexamethasone Regimen (BDR) in Waldenström Macroglobulinaemia: A Retrospective Real‐World Analysis

eJHaem, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction We retrospectively analysed bortezomib–dexamethasone–rituximab (BDR) combination in patients with Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM) in a real world setting. Methods A total of 87 patients were included: 49 patients (56%) were treated in frontline, 22 (25%) in second line and 16 (19%) in third or further line settings. A log‐rank
Thomas Hueso, Grégory Lazarian, Paul Chauvet, Adrien Chauchet, Ramy Rahmé, Sabine Brechignac, Vincent Lévy, Salomon Manier, Damien Roos‐Weil, David Ghez, Claude Gardin, Fanny Baran‐Marszak, Eric Durot, Pierre Morel, Thorsten Braun   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing Pneumococcal Disease: A Canadian Consensus Conference, February 16 to 18, 1998 [PDF]

, 1999

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Beyond Childhood: Adult and Adolescent Sickle Cell Disease and Outcomes in Northern Ghana

eJHaem, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Adults and adolescents face different barriers to healthcare utilization compared to children. Objective To describe adult and adolescent sickle cell disease (SCD) and outcomes in northern Ghana. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of SCD patients aged 13 years and above, admitted between January 1, 2021 and December 31 ...
Kwadwo Faka Gyan, Solomon Gyabaah, Eunice Agyeman Ahmed, Lesley Osei, Mohammed Najeeb Naabo, Michael Asiedu Owiredu, Yaw Obeng Opare‐Addo, Jessey Mahama Holu, Ohene Kwaku Opare‐Sem   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A simple approach to pneumococcal vaccination in adults

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2018
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterium responsible for a spectrum of diseases including lobar pneumonia, meningitis, otitis media, and sinusitis. Invasive pneumococcal disease is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality across the world ...
Calvin Green, Christine Ann Moore, Akhilesh Mahajan, Kailash Bajaj   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Computational Approaches for Disease Gene Identification [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
Identifying disease genes from human genome is an important and fundamental problem in biomedical research. Despite many publications of machine learning methods applied to discover new disease genes, it still remains a challenge because of the pleiotropy of genes, the limited number of confirmed disease genes among whole genome and the genetic ...
arxiv