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Integrated Serologic Surveillance of Population Immunity and Disease Transmission. [PDF]

, 2018
Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. Most infectious disease surveillance maintains a single-disease focus,
Arnold, Benjamin F, Lammie, Patrick J, Priest, Jeffrey W, Scobie, Heather M   +3 more
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Phage display-based selection of high-affinity recombinant antibodies targeting tetanus toxoid [PDF]

Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Reports
Despite the availability of effective vaccines, tetanus continues to pose a significant global health challenge, particularly among under-immunized populations.
Reza Yekani, Ali Nazari Shirvan, Mojtaba Noofeli, Maedeh Samianifard, Maliheh Entezari, Maedeh Kiani, Sepideh Sabbagh Kalat, Mehrshad Fekri   +7 more
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Progress and problems in vaccination against necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens [PDF]

, 2014
Necrotic enteritis in broilers is caused by Clostridium perfringens type A strains that produce the NetB toxin. Necrotic enteritis is one of the gastrointestinal diseases in poultry that has gained worldwide importance during the last decade due to ...
Ducatelle, Richard, Haesebrouck, Freddy, Mot, Dorien, Timbermont, Leen, Van Immerseel, Filip   +4 more
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Progress and barriers towards maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination in the remaining 12 countries: a systematic review

The Lancet Global Health, 2021
Summary: This systematic review assessed the progress and barriers towards maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination in the 12 countries that are yet to achieve elimination, globally. Coverage of at least 80% (the coverage level required for elimination)
Nasir Yusuf, MD, Azhar A Raza, MD, Diana Chang-Blanc, MPH, Bilal Ahmed, MBBS, Tedbabe Hailegebriel, MD, Richard R Luce, MD, Patricia Tanifum, MD, Balcha Masresha, MD, Mehoundo Faton, MD, Mohamed D Omer, MBBS, Saadia Farrukh, MBBS, Khin D Aung, MD, Heather M Scobie, PhD, Rania A Tohme, MD   +13 more
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The monoclonal antibody 26 raised against tetanus toxoid also recognizes tetanus toxin and b2-glycoprotein I – its binding properties in vitro and potential applications [PDF]

Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2009
A murine monoclonal IgG1 antibody, marked as MAb26, specific for tetanus toxoid has been immunochemically characterized. By performing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and western blot analyses, it was demonstrated that MAb26 reacted with ...
ALEKSANDRA B. INIĆ-KANADA, MARIJANA M. STOJANOVIĆ, IRENA P. ŽIVKOVIĆ, VLADIMIR Ž. PETRUŠIĆ, LJILJANA A. DIMITRIJEVIĆ   +4 more
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Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12-23 months in dschang, west region, cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak [PDF]

, 2015
Inadequate immunization coverage with increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases outbreaksremains a problem in Africa. Moreover, different factors contribute to incomplete vaccination status. This study wasperformed in Dschang (West Region, Cameroon),
Biguioh, Rodrigue Mabvouna, Bouting Mayaka, Georges, Miglietta, Alessandro, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Rezza, Giovanni, Russo, Gianluca, Sobze, Martin Sanou, Stefanelli, Paola, Vullo, Vincenzo   +8 more
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Pregnancy has a minimal impact on the acute transcriptional signature to vaccination. [PDF]

, 2020
Vaccination in pregnancy is an effective tool to protect both the mother and infant; vaccines against influenza, pertussis and tetanus are currently recommended.
Aerssens, A, Calvert, A, Cizmeci, D, Hake, D, Jones, CE, Kaufmann, SHE, Leroux-Roels, G, Maertzdorf, J, Maes, C, Tregoning, JS, Weiner, J   +10 more
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Effect of HIV exposure and timing of antiretroviral therapy initiation on immune memory responses to diphtheria, tetanus, whole cell pertussis and hepatitis B vaccines

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2019
Objectives: We evaluated memory responses and antibody persistence to diphtheria-toxoid, tetanus-toxoid, whole-cell-pertussis (DTwP), and Hepatitis-B vaccines in HIV-unexposed, HIV-exposed-uninfected and HIV-infected children previously randomized to ...
Omphile E. Simani, Alane Izu, Marta C. Nunes, Avy Violari, Mark F. Cotton, Nadia Van Niekerk, Peter V. Adrian, Shabir A. Madhi   +7 more
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Comparative Immunogenicity of the Tetanus Toxoid and Recombinant Tetanus Vaccines in Mice, Rats, and Cynomolgus Monkeys

Toxins, 2016
Tetanus is caused by the tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) and is one of the most dreaded diseases especially in the developing countries. The current vaccine against tetanus is based on an inactivated tetanus toxin, which is effective but has many drawbacks. In
Rui Yu, Ting Fang, Shuling Liu, Xiaohong Song, Changming Yu, Jianmin Li, Ling Fu, Lihua Hou, Junjie Xu, Wei Chen   +9 more
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Knowledge and health beliefs of reproductive-age women in Alexandria about tetanus toxoid immunization

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 2020
Background Maternal neonatal tetanus is a substantial public health problem in many developing countries. In 2017, nearly, 30,848 newborns died of neonatal tetanus; thus, high immunization coverage remains a necessity. This study aims to assess knowledge
Azza Mehanna, Mervat H. Ali, Ibrahim Kharboush   +2 more
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