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Proposal of a Vaccination Needs Index to Prioritise Municipal Interventions in Brazil

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Addressing population health needs requires integrating indicators expressed on non‐comparable scales, particularly for vaccination, a cornerstone of public health. Objective To propose and implement a Vaccination Needs Index based on national administrative data on tracer vaccines for children to support the prioritisation of Brazilian ...
Fredi Alexander Diaz‐Quijano, Isaac Negretto Schrarstzhaupt, Francieli Fontana Sutile Tardetti Fantinato, Lely Stella Guzmán‐Barrera, Julio Croda   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low Baseline Pneumococcal Antibody Titers Predict Specific Antibody Deficiency, Increased Upper Respiratory Infections, and Allergy Sensitization. [PDF]

, 2020
Background:Inadequate titers of pneumococcal antibody (PA) are commonly present among patients with recurrent respiratory infections. Objective:We sought to determine the effect of the degree of inadequacy in baseline PA titers on the subsequent ...
Chernikova, Diana, Estevez, Dennys, Hernandez, Francesca, Sakai-Bizmark, Rie, Song, Charles H, Stiehm, Richard   +5 more
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Infections in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Evolving Risks and Prevention Strategies

European Journal of Haematology, Volume 116, Issue 3, Page 204-214, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Infections remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), reflecting both intrinsic immune dysfunction and therapy‐related immunosuppression. The pathogenesis of immunodeficiency in CLL is multifactorial: neoplastic B cells impair humoral immunity, T cells are functionally exhausted, and ...
Enrica Antonia Martino, Santino Caserta, Ernesto Vigna, Antonella Bruzzese, Nicola Amodio, Eugenio Lucia, Virginia Olivito, Caterina Labanca, Francesco Mendicino, Fortunato Morabito, Massimo Gentile   +10 more
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Shingles & Pneumococcal Vaccines: Recommendations for Older Adults [PDF]

, 2018
As the immune system tends to weaken over time, patients aged 50+ begin having increased risk for certain potentially preventable diseases, especially shingles and pneumonia.
Flinn, Benjamin
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Epidemiological approaches to evaluate clinical unmasking of HPV‐associated cervical lesions in the HPV vaccination era

International Journal of Cancer, Volume 158, Issue 4, Page 847-857, 15 February 2026.
Abstract HPV vaccination reduces the risk of developing HPV‐attributable cancers, including cervical cancer. However, an attenuation of HPV vaccine impact after the implementation of HPV vaccination may occur through clinical unmasking. Clinical unmasking is a distinct and complex phenomenon that arises in the absence of clinical interventions ...
Joseph E. Tota, Jaimie Z. Shing, Jeffrey N. Roberts, Elizabeth M. Anderson, Alfred J. Saah, Ariana Harari, Eduardo L. Franco, Melvin Kohn, Susanne K. Kjær   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The direct and indirect effects of the pneumococcal conjugated vaccine on carriage rates in children aged younger than 5 years in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review

Einstein (São Paulo)
Objective To demonstrate the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage status in children younger than 5 years in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods A systematic literature review was carried out on the direct
Stefany Martins Silva, Izabella Caroline Gebrim Rodrigues, Rodrigo da Silva Santos, Yves Mauro Fernandes Ternes   +3 more
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Factors Associated with Immunization Opinion Leadership among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles, California [PDF]

, 2018
We sought to identify the characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) who are opinion leaders on immunization issues and to identify potential opportunities to leverage their influence for vaccine promotion within MSM communities.
Bednarczyk, Robert, Fenimore, Vincent L., Frew, Paula M., Goldbeck, Cameron, Himmelstein, Rebecca, Holloway, Ian W., Lutz, Chelsea S., Randall, Laura, Tan, Diane, Wu, Elizabeth   +9 more
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Economic Burden of Sickle Cell Disease: A Retrospective Study of Pediatric and Adult Individuals With Medicaid Coverage From 2016 to 2020

American Journal of Hematology, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 269-280, February 2026.
ABSTRACT There is limited information regarding the contemporary real‐world clinical and financial burden of Medicaid enrollees with sickle cell disease (SCD) in the United States. Using the IBM MarketScan Medicaid database (7/2016–12/2020), individuals with ≥ 3 SCD diagnoses were matched 1:1 on age, gender, and race to individuals without SCD ...
Giovanna Tedesco Barcelos, Telma Peixoto, Jose Alvir, Jay Lin, Christine L. Baker   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination: a retrospective study of hospitalization for pneumonia in North-East Italy [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction. Pneumonia remains a common reason for hospitalizing infants and the elderly worldwide, and streptococcal infection is often responsible. The aim of this study was to assess the burden of pneumonia in a large general population. Methods. All
Baldo, Vincenzo, Baldovin, Tatjana, Bertoncello, Chiara, Buja, Alessandra, Clagnan, E, Cocchio, Silvia, Del Zotto, S, Furlan, Patrizia, Gallo, T, Saia, Mario   +9 more
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Acquisition of pneumococci specific effector and regulatory Cd4+ T cells localising within human upper respiratory-tract mucosal lymphoid tissue [PDF]

, 2011
The upper respiratory tract mucosa is the location for commensal Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae colonization and therefore represents a major site of contact between host and bacteria.
AD Reynolds, AM Faria, C Jokinen, C Laine, C O'Mahony, Carlos Javier Orihuela, D Bogaert, DM Musher, EJ Novak, EK Mulholland, EM Laughlin, G Oldenhove, H Christensen, HM Foy, HW Lim, I Rudan, JC Paton, Jeffrey Pido-Lopez, JL Round, JN Stoop, K Wing, KA Robinson, L Strauss, L Weiss, M Hara, M Hussain, M Lipsitch, M Livingston, M Quigley, MJ Butte, MJ van Kempen, MW Mureithi, N Iikuni, Neil A. Williams, PC Hill, PR Myles, Q Zhang, Q Zhang, Q Zhang, R Austrian, R Malley, R Malley, RM Wong, Robert S. Heyderman, S Hori, S Paust, S Rapola, S Read, S Sakaguchi, S Sakaguchi, SE Sandner, SK Obaro, SQ Crome, T Sturniolo, T Takahashi, Timothy J. Mitchell, V Davenport, William W. Kwok, X Zhang, Y Belkaid, Y Cong, YJ Lu, Z Zhang   +62 more
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