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Rubella transmission and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Liberia: a need to introduce rubella-containing vaccine in the routine immunization program

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Rubella is an RNA virus in the genus Rubivirus within the Matonaviridae family. Rubella remains a leading vaccine-preventable cause of birth defects. Most African countries including Liberia do not currently provide rubella-containing vaccine (
Abyot Bekele Woyessa, Mohammed Seid Ali, Tiala K. Korkpor, Roland Tuopileyi, Henry T. Kohar, John Dogba, April Baller, Julius Monday, Suleman Abdullahi, Thomas Nagbe, Gertrude Mulbah, Mohammed Kromah, Jeremy Sesay, Kwuakuan Yealue, Tolbert Nyenswah, Mesfin Zbelo Gebrekidan   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of 5-year-olds who catch-up with MMR: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives To examine predictors of partial and full measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination catch-up between 3 and 5 years. Design Secondary data analysis of the nationally representative Millennium Cohort Study (MCS).
Bedford, Helen, Cortina-Borja, Mario, Mindlin, Miranda, Pearce, Anna   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Contributions of a University Extension Programme in Special Care Dentistry to Education and Training of Undergraduate Students: A Qualitative Study

European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background People with disabilities (PWD) have poor oral health and difficulties in accessing dental care. The lack of skills, willingness, or confidence of dentists to treat PWD could contribute to this scenario. Objective To understand the contributions of the Special Care Dentistry university extension programme to the professional and ...
Riéli Elis Schulz, Érica de Jesus, del Rosário Ruiz Nunez, Mariah Luz Lisboa, Ana Lúcia Schaefer Ferreira de Mello, Alessandra Rodrigues de Camargo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rubella immune status of neonates – a window towards seroprevalence among childbearing women

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background When contracted in pregnancy, rubella may cause serious chronic infection of the fetus and development of Congenital Rubella Syndrome. Despite widespread application of rubella vaccination, periodical outbreaks are still being reported ...
Iris Pejcic, Milica Rankovic Janevski, Aleksandra Knezevic, Djordje Jevtovic, Maja Stanojevic   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Immune Reconstitution Post‐Allogeneic HSCT in Children: The Case for an Individualized Approach to Vaccination

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is increasingly used to treat malignant and non‐malignant diseases. Following allogeneic HSCT, patients are particularly vulnerable to vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPD) because conditioning depletes immune cells, including memory cells.
Hélène Buvelot, Frederic Baleydier, Laure Pittet, Geraldine Blanchard‐Rohner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do medical researchers make causal inferences? [PDF]

, 2019
Bradford Hill (1965) highlighted nine aspects of the complex evidential situation a medical researcher faces when determining whether a causal relation exists between a disease and various conditions associated with it.
Dammann, Olaf, Poston, Ted, Thagard, Paul   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Measles and rubella microarray array patches to increase vaccination coverage and achieve measles and rubella elimination in Africa [PDF]

, 2020
Lauren Christine Richardson, William J. Moss   +1 more
openalex   +1 more source

Crystal structure of plant γ‐glutamyl peptidase 1: implications for sulfur metabolism and secondary metabolite biosynthesis

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
The crystal structures of Arabidopsis thaliana γ‐glutamyl peptidase 1 (GGP1), including the covalent intermediate state, were determined. GGP1 is involved in both glutathione degradation in the primary metabolism and glutathione conjugate processing in the secondary metabolism of glucosinolate and camalexin biosynthesis.
Kosei Sone, Takehiro Ito, Hibiki Sawada, Chihaya Yamada, Toma Kashima, Akimasa Miyanaga, Naoko Ohkama‐Ohtsu, Shinya Fushinobu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rubella epidemiology in Lesotho after vaccine introduction: a five-year review, 2018–2022

BMC Public Health
Background The rubella virus is a major contributor to birth defects globally and is preventable by vaccination. In 2020, the world was supposed to be free of both rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) however this goal has yet to be realized ...
Thabelo Makhupane, DSK Habedi
doaj   +1 more source

How useful is a history of rubella vaccination for determination of disease susceptibility? A cross-sectional study at a public funded health clinic in Malaysia

BMC Family Practice, 2013
Background Identification of pregnant women susceptible to rubella is important as vaccination can be given postpartum to prevent future risks of congenital rubella syndrome.
Cheong Ai Theng, Tong Seng Fah, Khoo Ee Ming   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source