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The Impact of Vaccination Behavior on Disease Spreading Based on Complex Networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Vaccination is an effective way to prevent and control the occurrence and epidemic of infectious diseases. However, many factors influence whether the residents decide to get vaccinated or not, such as the efficacy and side effects while individuals hope to obtain immunity through vaccination.
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Pneumococcal vaccination in elderly care facilities in Japan: A cross-sectional, web-based survey
Human Vaccines & ImmunotherapeuticsThis study evaluated pneumococcal vaccination status using evaluable data collected from 445 of 1,313 managing directors of elderly care facilities in Japan through an online survey (September 5, 2022-November 25, 2022; UMIN000048747); comparisons were ...
Youngju Kim +4 more
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Information Diffusion: An Agent-based Modeling Approach [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Despite the unprecedented success in the rapid development of several effective vaccines against the Cov-SARS-2, global vaccination rollout efforts suffer from vaccine distribution inequality and vaccine acceptance, leading to insufficient public immunity provided by the vaccine products.
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Reduction in respiratory mortality not associated with influenza in Russia: effect of the introduction of pneumococcal vaccination (PCV13), or improvement in care? [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Background. Pneumococcal vaccination (PCV13) for children (as well as older adults) in Russia was introduced in 2014, with no prior PCV7 use. While pneumonia hospitalization rates, both in children and adults did not decrease in the following years, respiratory mortality rates did decline with time.
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Expert Perspectives on a Clinical Challenge: Hematologic Malignancies and Vasculitis
Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.Systemic vasculitis describes a collection of rare diseases each caused by inflammation of blood vessel walls that can cause severe systemic complications [[3, 4]](#ref‐0003). The pattern of vascular inflammation and resultant damage is frequently variable and may be mimicked, or directly triggered, by infection or malignancy.
Michelle L. Robinette, Hetty E. Carraway
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Vaccines, 2021 Background: Elderly population is considered at high risk for pneumococcal diseases. The pneumococcal vaccine coverage presents extremely low among elderly people in China.
Minyi Zhang +8 more
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The alternative fact of probable vaccine damage A typology of vaccination beliefs in 28 European countries [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Background: Despite lacking scientific support, vaccine hesitancy is widespread. While vaccine damage as a scientific fact is statistically highly uncommon, emerging social and technological forces have converted probable vaccine damage into an alternative fact.
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Global Challenges, EarlyView.Metal workers have an increased risk of severe pneumonia due to metal fume exposure. In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO) and copper oxide (CuO) particles are found to inhibit specific anti‐bacterial macrophage responses, which may substantially contribute to impaired lung immunity.
Jan Steffens +7 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Streptococcus pneumoniae is an infectious pathogen mainly infecting host bodies through the respiratory system. An effective pneumococcal vaccine would be targeted to the mucosa and provide not only protection against invasive infection but also against ...
Jingcai Lu +7 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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