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Perspectives for applying Alphaviruses in antitumor therapy

open access: yesИнфекция и иммунитет, 2023
Oncolytic viral therapy is a promising approach for treating tumors. Oncolytic viruses can directly lyse tumor cells and indirectly activate antitumor immunity.
Alina S. Nazarenko   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Cutter incident and the development of a Swedish polio vaccine, 1952-1957 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The creation of two different vaccines to eradicate polio stands out as one of modern science most important accomplishments. The current article examines Swedish polio vaccine research, the vaccination campaign and especially how the Cutter incident ...
Axelsson, Per
core   +4 more sources

Attitude and perception towards vaccination against poliomyelitis in Peshawar, Pakistan

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 2021
OBJECTIVE: This research aimed to quantitatively assess the general public's awareness, attitude and perception of polio and its vaccination in Peshawar KPK, Pakistan.
Farheen Shafique   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemics of poliomyelitis in the Maltese island of Gozo : genetic susceptibility [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
There were fewer epidemics of polio in Gozo than in the much bigger island of Malta, but over many years the proportion of cases was similar. Within Gozo, the attack rate was greater in some villages and this was caused by some extended, related families
Wyatt, H.V.
core  

Maltese with genetic susceptibility to poliomyelitis : sibs with paralysis at different times [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The author of this article found the records of 1,072 Maltese cases of poliomyelitis in the islands of Malta from 1909 to 1964. These cases and baptism matched controls were traced to their great grand-parents and all marriages were checked for ...
Wyatt, H.V.
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Do Prices Matter for Healthcare Accessibility? Evidence From a Means‐Tested Complementary Health Insurance in France

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In France, the Couverture Maladie Universelle Complémentaire (CMU‐C) scheme is a means‐tested, state‐financed, complementary health insurance program that fully covers healthcare. Using administrative claims data and a staggered difference‐in‐differences approach, we estimate the impact of enrollment in the program on healthcare utilization ...
Benoît Carré   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Providing monovalent oral polio vaccine type 1 to newborns: findings from a pilot birth-dose project in Moradabad district, India

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM: Poliovirus transmission remained a public health challenge in western Uttar Pradesh, India in late 2005 and early 2006. In 2006, the India Expert Advisory Group for Polio Eradication concluded that, given the peak incidence of polio among ...
JJ Rainey   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of different IPV-OPV sequential immunization programs on hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccine efficacy

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
In recent years, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has gradually implemented a global shift in polio immunization programs. Few studies cover polio immunization program impacts on the efficacy of other vaccines.
Shiyi Chen   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polio Eradication: How the War on Terror Has Led to the Persistence of Polio in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a campaign to eradicate the polio virus from the world population (Bari 2006). Since 1988, the WHO has used polio vaccines to successfully interrupt transmission of the disease to new individuals in ...
Rouhana, John Michel
core   +1 more source

The role of research in viral disease eradication and elimination programs: Lessons for malaria eradication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
By examining the role research has played in eradication or regional elimination initiatives for three viral diseases-smallpox, poliomyelitis, and measles-we derive nine cross-cutting lessons applicable to malaria eradication.
Breman, JG   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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