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Perceptions of measles, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines among caregivers in Shanghai, China, and the health belief model: a cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics, 2017
Background In China, the measles vaccine is offered for free whereas the pneumococcal vaccine is a for-fee vaccine. This difference has the potential to influence how caregivers evaluate whether a vaccine is important or necessary for their child, but it
Abram L. Wagner, Matthew L. Boulton, Xiaodong Sun, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zhuoying Huang, Irene A. Harmsen, Jia Ren, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher   +7 more
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Pneumococcal Choline-Binding Proteins Involved in Virulence as Vaccine Candidates

Vaccines, 2021
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen responsible for millions of deaths worldwide. Currently, the available vaccines for the prevention of S.
Julio Sempere, Mirella Llamosí, Idoia del Río Menéndez, Beatriz López Ruiz, Mirian Domenech, Fernando González-Camacho   +5 more
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Uptake of Pneumococcal Vaccines Among U.S. Adults After 2022 Update to Recommendations

AJPM Focus
Introduction: Updated recommendations for adult pneumococcal vaccination in the U.S. (publication date: January 27, 2022) incorporated 2 new vaccines (15- and 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines), removed 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ...
Ahuva Averin, MPP, Jeffrey Vietri, PhD, Adriano Arguedas Mohs, MD, Sarah J. Willis, PhD, MPH, Alexander Lonshteyn, PhD, Derek Weycker, PhD   +5 more
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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, Hangeri Liang, Shui-Hao Zhao, Xiao-Yan Yang, Zhong Guo   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of a maternal pneumococcal vaccine in low-income, high-burden settings such as Sierra Leone

PLOS Global Public Health, 2023
Maternal pneumococcal vaccines have been proposed as a method of protecting infants in the first few months of life. In this paper, we use results from a dynamic transmission model to assess the cost-effectiveness of a maternal pneumococcal ...
Gizem M. Bilgin, Syarifah Liza Munira, Kamalini Lokuge, Kathryn Glass   +3 more
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Severe polyserositis induced by the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background The United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends administration of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in series with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine for prevention of pneumonia in the ...
Pierre Tawfik, Elie Gertner, Charlene E. McEvoy   +2 more
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Pneumococcal vaccine and opsonic pneumococcal antibody [PDF]

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2013
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen responsible for the majority of bacterial pneumonia cases as well as invasive pneumococcal diseases with high mortality and morbidity. Use of conjugate vaccines targeting the pneumococcal capsule has dramatically reduced the incidence of invasive diseases, and there are active efforts to further ...
Joon Young, Song, M Allen, Moseley, Robert L, Burton, Moon H, Nahm   +3 more
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Outbreak of Serotype 1 Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Kibera Urban Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya, 2023

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Use of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Kenya has led to substantial reductions in vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage and invasive pneumococcal disease.
Terry Komo, Patrick K. Munywoki, Maria da Gloria Carvalho, Joshua Auko, Alice Ouma, Allan Audi, George O. Agogo, Daniel Omondi, Arthur Odoyo, Herine Odiembo, Newton Wamola, Mike Osita, Clayton Onyango, Naomi Lucchi, Peninah Munyua, Amy Herman-Roloff, Shanda Larson, Sopio Chochua, Fabiana C. Pimenta, Godfrey Bigogo, Jennifer R. Verani   +20 more
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Barriers to pneumococcal conjugate 13 vaccination recommendations among physicians in Lagos

Babcock University Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: Vaccination rates among risk groups vary between different countries. There are gaps in the implementation of the acceptable recommended guidelines on adult pneumococcal immunization in Nigeria.
oluwafemi ojo
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Response to Shami et al. ‘Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of a sequential pneumococcal vaccination compared to single dose vaccination strategy for adults in Hong Kong’ (Hum Vacc Immunother 2020)

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
The recently published article by Shami et al. describes a cost-effectiveness analysis of sequential pneumococcal vaccination with 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) followed by 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23 ...
Ulrike K. Buchwald, Temitope Folaranmi, Thomas Weiss   +2 more
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