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Dose-specific efficacy of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials. [PDF]

, 2012
Global coverage of infant Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination has increased considerably during the past decade, partly due to GAVI Alliance donations of the vaccine to low-income countries. In settings where large numbers of children receive
Clark, A, Mulholland, KE, Griffiths, UK, Miners, A, Gessner, B, Sanderson, C, Sedyaningsih, ER   +6 more
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The remarkable history of pneumococcal vaccination: an ongoing challenge

Pneumonia, 2022
Although it varies with age and geographical distribution, the global burden of infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) remains considerable.
Daniel M. Musher, Ronald Anderson, Charles Feldman   +2 more
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Polyvalent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines [PDF]

Journal of Infection, 1979
A 14-valent pneumococcal vaccine has recently been licensed for general use after extensive testing in human subjects. Antibody production was satisfactory in 92% of individuals and a highly significant (76-92%) reduction was found in the rates for pneumococcal pneumonias caused by the capsular types present in the vaccine. Children over 2 years of age
M R, Hilleman, A A, McLean, P P, Vella, R E, Weibel, A F, Woodhour   +4 more
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Trends in incidence of pneumococcal disease before introduction of conjugate vaccine: South West England, 1996-2005. [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines into the United Kingdom's routine immunization programmes is expected to change the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).
Dance, DA, Smith, M. D., George, RC, Waight, P., Christensen, H, South West Pneumococcus Study Group, George, R. C., Ihekweazu, Chikwe A., Smith, MD, Stuart, J. M., Dance, DAB, Stuart, JM, SW Pneumococcal Group, Cartwright, KAV, Ihekweazu, CA, Dance, D. A.B., Cartwright, KA, Pebody, R, Christensen, H., Pebody, R., Waight, P, Fletcher, Margaret   +21 more
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The use of a computerized database to monitor vaccine safety in Viet Nam. [PDF]

, 2005
Health information systems to monitor vaccine safety are used in industrialized countries to detect adverse medical events related to vaccinations or to prove the safety of vaccines. There are no such information systems in the developing world, but they
Ali, Mohammad, Canh, Gia Do, Park, Jin-Kyung, Minh, Tan Truong, Clemens, John D, Thiem, Dinh Vu, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Tho, Huu Le, Vaccine Safety Datalink Group, Trach, Duc Dang   +9 more
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State of pneumococcal vaccine immunity

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Like the other invasive encapsulated bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae is also covered with a polysaccharide structure. Infants and elderly are most vulnerable to the invasive and noninvasive diseases caused by S. pneumoniae. Although antibodies against
Mustafa Akkoyunlu
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Polysaccharide responsiveness is not biased by prior pneumococcal-conjugate vaccination. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Polysaccharide responsiveness is tested by measuring antibody responses to polysaccharide vaccines to diagnose for humoral immunodeficiency. A common assumption is that this responsiveness is biased by any previous exposure to the polysaccharides in the ...
Jens Magnus Bernth-Jensen, Ole Schmeltz Søgaard   +1 more
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Typhoid vaccines. Historical aspects of typhoid vaccine development, and currently available products

Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2021
Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease caused by Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), which is still extremely common in endemic low- and middle-income countries of Asia and Africa.
M. V. Abramtseva, E. O. Nemanova, N. S. Alekhina, T. I. Nemirovskaya   +3 more
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Meningococcal vaccination in pregnancy

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Invasive meningococcal disease causes meningitis and septicemia worldwide with highest rates of disease occurring in children
Bahaa Abu Raya, Manish Sadarangani
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Current status and challenges of meningococcal vaccines development in China

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022
Vaccination is the most effective and economical way to prevent meningococcal meningitis. In the past few decades, with widespread use of meningococcal vaccines, the incidence of meningococcal meningitis has dropped significantly. There are some vaccines
Ying-hua XU, Ya-nan LI, Qiang YE
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