The Information Ecosystem of Online Groups with Anti- and Pro-vaccine Views on Facebook [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Opposition and hesitancy to vaccination have been one of the major threats to global health. Social media sites have been suspected as a breeding ground of misleading narratives about vaccines, but little is known about how pervasive anti-vaccine views are on the world's largest social media, Facebook.
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Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza [PDF]
, 2012 WAcute lower respiratory infections, which broadly include pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are still the leading cause of childhood mortality. ALRI contributed to 18% of all deaths in children younger than five years of age in 2008, and the main pathogens ...
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2016 BACKGROUND Pneumococcal conjugated vaccines (PCVs) impact on complex otitis media (OM; including recurrent, nonresponsive, and chronic OM with effusion) was greater than that on simple, acute OM in previous studies.
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Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The infection prevention behaviours of kidney transplant recipients have been investigated, but the factors affecting these have not. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the infection prevention behaviours of kidney transplant recipients and the factors related to these.
Yaprak Sarıgöl Ordin +1 more
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Vaccination strategies and transmission of COVID-19: evidence across advanced countries [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Given limited supply of approved vaccines and constrained medical resources, design of a vaccination strategy to control a pandemic is an economic problem. We use time-series and panel methods with real-world country-level data to estimate effects on COVID-19 cases and deaths of two key elements of mass vaccination - time between doses and vaccine type.
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate beads as a particulate vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2017 Listed in 2018 Dean's List of Exceptional ThesesStreptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis are the major causes of pneumonia and meningitis, respectively, worldwide.
González Miró, Majela
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The Nurse Practitioner's Immuniser Role in Primary Healthcare: A Scoping Review
Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim(s) This scoping review aimed to explore and identify literature about the scope of practice for nurse practitioners working as immunisers in primary healthcare. Design The review was conducted according to the JBI scoping review framework.
Christine Schoenfisch +2 more
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Vaccination dilemma on an evolving social network [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Vaccination is crucial for the control of epidemics. Yet it is a social dilemma since non-vaccinators can benefit from the herd immunity created by the vaccinators. Thus the optimum vaccination level is not reached via voluntary vaccination at times.
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BMC Medicine, 2016 BackgroundPneumococcal meningitis (PM) is a major invasive pneumococcal disease. Two pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have been introduced in France: PCV7 was recommended in 2003 and replaced in 2010 by PCV13, which has six additional serotypes ...
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Do Neighborhoods Matter for Individual Decision‐Making? The Case of COVID‐19 Vaccination in Sweden
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Much research has highlighted the significance of neighborhood effects on individual‐level choices and outcomes. But it has proven difficult to disentangle the influence of those that an individual shares a residential space with from that of other peers, such as work colleagues and family members.
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