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Evaluation of a measles vaccine campaign by oral-fluid surveys in a rural Kenyan district: interpretation of antibody prevalence data using mixture models [PDF]

, 2009
We evaluated the effectiveness of a measles vaccine campaign in rural Kenya, based on oral-fluid surveys and mixture-modelling analysis. Specimens were collected from 886 children aged 9 months to 14 years pre-campaign and from a comparison sample of 598
Brown, D. W. G., Okiro, E. A., Were, S., Bett, A., Nokes, D. James, Gay, N. J., Vyse, A. J., Abwao, John, Ohuma, E. O., Samuel, Dhan   +9 more
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PENGETAHUAN TENTANG VAKSIN (MAESLES RUBELLA) DAN PENDIDIKAN IBU TERHADAP MINAT KEIKUT SERTAAN VAKSIN DI POLI KLINIK TERPADU DAN TUMBUH KEMBANG DI RSUD PALEMBANG BARI TAHUN 2019

Masker Medika, 2022
Introduction: Measles and rubella are infectious diseases transmitted through the respiratory tract. Rubella is a mild disease in children, but it can cause adverse effects, if it occurs in pregnant women in the first trimester, namely miscarriage or ...
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Rationale for Recommending Varicella Vaccination Into the Swedish National Immunisation Programme

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Under Swedish law, a vaccination may be included in the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) if it effectively prevents transmission in the population, is cost‐effective and aligns with ethical and humanitarian principles. The Public Health Agency of Sweden (PHAS) evaluated these criteria for introducing varicella vaccination. Methods The
Annika Ersson, Kari Johansen, Sören Andersson   +2 more
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Rubella immunity among pregnant women aged 15–44 years, Namibia, 2010

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background: The level of rubella susceptibility among women of reproductive age in Namibia is unknown. Documenting the risk of rubella will help estimate the potential burden of disease in Namibian women and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS ...
Anna Jonas, Cristina V. Cardemil, Anita Beukes, Raydel Anderson, Paul A. Rota, Bettina Bankamp, Howard E. Gary Jr, Souleymane Sawadogo, Sadhna V. Patel, Sikota Zeko, Clementine Muroua, Esegiel Gaeb, Kathleen Wannemuehler, Sue Gerber, James L. Goodson   +14 more
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Health Economic Evaluation of Varicella Vaccination Within the Swedish National Vaccination Programme for Children

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To assess the cost‐effectiveness of including varicella vaccination in the Swedish national vaccination programme for children together with the added impact of catch‐up vaccination of susceptible older children. Methods An epidemiological transmission model was used to assess the cost‐effectiveness of a two‐dose national varicella ...
Frida Kasteng, Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, Annika Ersson, Ellen Wolff, Sören Andersson, Kari Johansen   +5 more
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A Personalised Vaccination Program Based on Immune Reconstitution in Paediatric Cancer Survivors

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims Paediatric cancer survivors often experience treatment‐induced immunosuppression, requiring post‐treatment revaccination. However, immune recovery timelines vary, and current revaccination guidelines, largely based on data of varied quality derived from studies on acute‐lymphoblastic‐leukaemia (ALL), may not be applicable across all ...
Menucha Jurkowicz, Raz Somech, Dan Dominissini, Nathan Keller, Efrat Dresner, Michal Paret, Gilad Sherman, Guy Katzenellenbogen, Elina Gelman, Keren Asraf, Ram Doolman, Atar Lev, Amos J. Simon, Helly Vernitsky, Assaf Barg, Hana Golan, Amos Toren, Michal Stein   +17 more
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Economic analyses of rubella and rubella vaccines: a global review

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the incorporation of rubella vaccine into immunization programmes in developing countries is economically justified. METHODS: A MEDLINE search was conducted for articles published between 1970 and 2000 that dealt with ...
Hinman Alan R., Irons Beryl, Lewis Merle, Kandola Kami   +3 more
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Serologic screening for anti-rubella immunoglobulin G antibodies in Romanian pregnant women: an unexpected rate of seronegativity

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: This study assessed the risk of rubella infection among pregnant women in Romania. Methods: Serologic testing was conducted between 2022 and 2023 in 1,279 women to determine the presence of specific anti-rubella immunoglobulin (Ig)G ...
Larisa Maria Morariu, Maria Alina Lupu, Alina Cristiana Craciun, Maria Olimpia Oprea, Daniela Veronica Chiriac, Tudor Rares Olariu   +5 more
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Prevalence of rubella-specific IgG antibodies in unimmunized young female population

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
Context: Rubella is a mild self-limiting disease all over the world; nevertheless, it is of significant public health importance due to its teratogenic effect of congenital rubella syndrome.
Jayakrishnan Thayyil, Vidya Kuniyil, Anitha P Moorkoth, Bhaskar Rao, Paramasivam Selvam   +4 more
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Inborn errors of immunity in children with neuroinflammation

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs), an expanding group of monogenic disorders with diverse clinical manifestations, are increasingly recognized to include neuroinflammatory disease. Examples of diseases included under this umbrella are Aicardi–Goutières syndrome, deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2, familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ...
Eppie M Yiu, Dilan Dissanayake, Jessie Cunningham, Helen Branson, Ori Scott, E Ann Yeh   +5 more
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