Plasma as alternatively sample to quantify tetanus antitoxin
VacciMonitor, 2015 Tetanus antitoxin is quantified in Cuba at blood banks, from the serum of immunized donors, to produce aspecific human gamma globulin. A heterogeneous indirect immunoenzymatic assay is used, using the serum as analytical sample.
Ariel Menéndez-Barrios +5 more
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Transcutaneous immunisation assisted by low-frequency ultrasound. [PDF]
, 2009 Low-frequency ultrasound application is known to increase the skin's permeability to large molecules such as vaccines, and to enable transcutaneous immunisation.
Alpar, HO +4 more
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Profiling humoral immune responses to Clostridium difficile-specific antigens by protein microarray analysis [PDF]
, 2015 Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, and spore-forming bacterium that is the leading worldwide infective cause of hospital-acquired and antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
Dilnot, Elizabeth M. +10 more
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Diphtheria serum and serotherapy. Development, Production and regulation in fin de siècle Germany [PDF]
, 2007 The development, production and state regulation of diphtheria serum is outlined against the background of industrialisation, standardization, falling standards of living and rising social conflict in fin de siècle Germany.
Hüntelmann, Axel C.
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Protection against pertussis in humans correlates to elevated serum antibodies and memory B cells [PDF]
, 2017 Pertussis is a respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis that may be particularly severe and even lethal in the first months of life when infants are still too young to be vaccinated. Adults and adolescents experience mild symptoms and are the
Carsetti, Rita +13 more
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Musculoskeletal Injuries and Outcomes Pre- and Post- Emergency Medicine Training Program [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction: Musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) comprise a large portion of the trauma burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Rwanda recently launched its first emergency medicine training program (EMTP) at the University Teaching Hospital ...
Aluisio, Adam R. +9 more
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Endoscopic orbital decompression [PDF]
Orbital decompression surgery has been indicated in patients with compressive optic neuropathy, severe corneal exposure, cosmetic deformity due to proptosis. Traditional orbital decompression approaches were fraught with complications. With the advent of
Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan
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Diphtheria anti-toxoid antibody levels among pre-clinical students and staff in an institute of higher learning in Malaysia: are they protected? [PDF]
, 2011 Introduction: Little is known about the sero-prevalence of diphtheria anti-toxoid antibody levels among medical students in Malaysia. They too, just like other health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of contracting and transmitting diphtheria. Fortunately,
Awang Hamat, Rukman +8 more
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TETANUS TREATED WITH ANTITOXIN. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1899 At this time, when the serum therapy of disease is receiving close attention, it seems well to report all cases in which a test of this mode of treatment has been made. Tetanus is not the least important of the diseases in which antitoxic serum is employed as a curative means.
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Predominant Influence of Environmental Determinants on the Persistence and Avidity Maturation of Antibody Responses to Vaccines in Infants [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundImmune responses are complex traits influenced by genetic and environmental factors. We previously reported that genetic factors control early antibody responses to vaccines in Gambian infants.
Goetghebuer, Tessa +9 more
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