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Vaccine process technology—A decade of progress
Abstract In the past decade, new approaches to the discovery and development of vaccines have transformed the field. Advances during the COVID‐19 pandemic allowed the production of billions of vaccine doses per year using novel platforms such as messenger RNA and viral vectors.
Barry Buckland +8 more
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Abstract Background Poliomyelitis is always a great concern in Pakistan and is a public health emergency. COVID‐19 and recent floods have increased the challenge. Aim This article highlights the situation of polio in Pakistan and also recommends several steps to eradicate the disease as early as possible.
Shehroze Tabassum +7 more
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Eradicació de la poliomielitis [PDF]
Treballs Finals de Grau de Farmàcia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, 2014. Tutora: Núria Torner Gràcia.[cat] La poliomielitis és una malaltia viral infecciosa, d’importància mundial. Afecta a nens menor de 5 anys i pot produir paràlisis.
Jambrina Albiach, Anna Maria
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Facility-Associated Release of Polioviruses into Communities—Risks for the Posteradication Era
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative continues to make progress toward the eradication target. Indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV) type 2 was last detected in 1999, WPV type 3 was last detected in 2012, and over the past 2 years WPV type 1 has been ...
Ananda S. Bandyopadhyay +7 more
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Abstract Patients with Primary immunodeficiency (PIDs) may be infected by Polioviruses (PVs), especially when vaccinated with live Oral Polio Vaccine before diagnosis. They may establish long‐term shedding of divergent strains and may act as reservoirs of PV transmission. This study delved into the effect of the genetic evolution of complete PV genomes,
Imene Ben Salem +18 more
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Routine immunization in Pakistan: comparison of multiple data sources and identification of factors associated with vaccination. [PDF]
Background: Within Pakistan, estimates of vaccination coverage with the pentavalent vaccine, oral polio vaccine (OPV) and measles vaccine (MV) in 2011 were reported to be 74%, 75% and 53%, respectively.
Grassly, Nicholas C +5 more
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Faster Detection of Poliomyelitis Outbreaks to Support Polio Eradication
As the global eradication of poliomyelitis approaches the final stages, prompt detection of new outbreaks is critical to enable a fast and effective outbreak response. Surveillance relies on reporting of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases and laboratory
Isobel M. Blake +5 more
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Shattered childhood: Experiences of polio survivors in Finland 1950s and 1960s
Abstract Aim To describe the childhood experiences of patients with polio from the acute phase of the disease during post‐war Finland in the 1950s and 1960s. Design Qualitative empirical study based on self‐reported history of nursing rooted in the past, a history of experiences.
Minna Elomaa‐Krapu, Marja Kaunonen
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Population sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis and environmental surveillance for serotype 1 poliovirus in Pakistan: an observational study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: To support poliomyelitis eradication in Pakistan, environmental surveillance (ES) of wastewater has been expanded alongside surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP).
Asghar, Humayun +10 more
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