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Booster vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria: insufficient protection against diphtheria in young and elderly adults

open access: yesImmunity & Ageing, 2016
We have recently demonstrated that single shot vaccinations against tetanus and diphtheria do not lead to long-lasting immunity against diphtheria in elderly persons despite administration at 5 year intervals.
M. Grasse   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Proposal of a Vaccination Needs Index to Prioritise Municipal Interventions in Brazil

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Addressing population health needs requires integrating indicators expressed on non‐comparable scales, particularly for vaccination, a cornerstone of public health. Objective To propose and implement a Vaccination Needs Index based on national administrative data on tracer vaccines for children to support the prioritisation of Brazilian ...
Fredi Alexander Diaz‐Quijano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Menstrual disorders in rural Gambia.

open access: yes, 2003
As part of a community-based reproductive morbidity survey in rural Gambia, the prevalence and association of menstrual disorders with sociodemographic characteristics and other reproductive morbidities, and with knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs ...
Coleman, Rosalind   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Challenges of tracheostomy in patients managed for severe tetanus in a developing country

open access: yesInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2010
Objectives: Severe tetanus is one of the indications for admissions into the intensive care unit requiring muscular paralysis, tracheo-stomy and mechanical ventilatory support.
Ayotunde James Fasunla
doaj  

Cephalic Tetanus: A Case Report

open access: yesCase Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2011
A case report of cephalic tetanus in a 2-year-old girl who was not immunized against tetanus following suppurative otitis media (SOM) is presented.
M. A. Alhaji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immunogenicity and Clinical Efficacy Combined Vaccine against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Hepatitis B in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

open access: yesЭпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2017
The article presents the results of vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus and hepatitis B virus with the use of combined vaccine Bubo-M or a monovalent vaccine Hepatitis B in 120 patients with severe and medium chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
M. P. Kostinov   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tetanus in Southern Vietnam: Current Situation

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016
In Vietnam, there are no accurate data on tetanus incidence to allow assessment of disease burden or vaccination program efficacy. We analyzed age structure of 786 tetanus cases admitted to a tertiary referral center in Vietnam for three separate years ...
D. Thuy   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Optimal neuromuscular performance requires motor neuron phosphagen kinases

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Motor neuron (MN) terminals in fruit flies, mice and humans contain phosphagen kinases, a key enzyme in their energy storage and buffering system. Here we knocked down the primary phosphagen kinase in fruit fly larvae (arginine kinase 1 (ArgK1)) but were surprised to find that MN endurance was unaffected.
Karlis A. Justs   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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