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Understanding the factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Venezuela

BMC Public Health
Background Despite nearly a quarter of Venezuelans remaining unvaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy in the country have not been thoroughly investigated. Methods A cross-sectional study was
Fabián R. Chacón-Labrador, María G. Passantino, Augusto Moncada-Ortega, Atahualpa A. Ávila, Andrea A. Moreno, Nicolle A. Kuffaty-Akkou, Luisana M. Pedroza, Natasha A. Camejo-Ávila, Daniela L. Mendoza-Millán, Carlis M. Rodriguez-Saavedra, María V. Marcano-Rojas, Fernando Hernández-Medina, María E. Grillet, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, David A. Forero-Peña   +14 more
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Improving cellular cancer vaccines [PDF]

, 2010
Immunization with cancer cells is of great demand in anti-cancer therapy. However, current cellular vaccines are inefficient and there are questions regarding their overall safety. We report a simple and straightforward approach for improving of cellular
Petr Lokhov
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Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines

, 2012
Therapeutic cancer vaccines represent an emerging therapeutic modality that may play a more prominent role in cancer treatment in the future. Therapeutic cancer vaccines are designed to generate a targeted, immune-mediated antitumor response.
Marijo Bilusic, Madan, Ravi A., Ravi A. Madan, Bilusic, Marijo   +3 more
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HBV Vaccines: Advances and Development

, 2023
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health problem that is closely related to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The prevalence of acute and chronic HBV infection, liver cirrhosis, and HCC has significantly decreased as ...
Ruixian Xu, Jun Xu, Faisal Mahmood, Jinyang Zhang, Xueshan Xia, Maher Un Nisa Awan, Yuzhu Song, Jia Wei, Juan Peng, Qinqin Han   +9 more
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Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study in Caracas, Venezuela

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted multiple health services, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, care, and treatment services, jeopardizing the achievement of the Joint United Nations Programme on ...
David A. Forero-Peña, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, José L. Forero-Peña, Natasha A. Camejo-Ávila, Daniela L. Mendoza-Millán, Óscar D. Omaña-Ávila, Andrea L. Maricuto, Viledy L. Velásquez, Mario D. Mejía-Bernard, Carlis M. Rodriguez-Saavedra, María V. Marcano-Rojas, Yoesmir Contreras, Luis J. Guerra, María F. Alvarado, Martín Carballo, Jocays Caldera, Rafael N. Guevara, María C. Redondo, María E. Landaeta   +18 more
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Neoglycoconjugate of Tetrasaccharide Representing One Repeating Unit of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 14 Capsular Polysaccharide Induces the Production of Opsonizing IgG1 Antibodies and Possesses the Highest Protective Activity As Compared to Hexa- and Octasaccharide Conjugates

Frontiers in Immunology, 2017
Identifying protective synthetic oligosaccharide (OS) epitopes of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharides (CPs) is an indispensable step in the development of third-generation carbohydrate pneumococcal vaccines.
Ekaterina A. Kurbatova, Nelli K. Akhmatova, Elina A. Akhmatova, Nadezhda B. Egorova, Natalya E. Yastrebova, Elena V. Sukhova, Dmitriy V. Yashunsky, Yury E. Tsvetkov, Marina L. Gening, Nikolay E. Nifantiev   +9 more
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Nucleic acid vaccines for human papillomavirus; prevention or treatment [PDF]

Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2019
Introduction: Cervical cancer is the fourth common cancer among women. In almost all cases of this cancer, infection to a high risk human papilloma virus (HPV) especially type 16 and 18 is observed.
Solmaz Moniri Javadhesari, Sepehr Pourseif, Keyvan Khakpour   +2 more
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Prospecting the protein design landscape

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review outlines the current state of various protein design approaches. We discuss the current possibilities enabled by recently released tools, highlight future avenues to pursue in protein design, and underscore the crucial role of key databases and resources for successful protein design workflows.
Jakob R. Riccabona, Katharina T. Stonig, Jens Meiler, Clara T. Schoeder, Monica L. Fernández‐Quintero   +4 more
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Exploring Alice in Wonderland syndrome in adults with persistent headache after COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Latin America

BMC Neurology
Background Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by sensory perception distortions, including altered body image perception and distortions of shape, size, motion, color, and speed.
Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, Luis C. Ascanio, Óscar D. Omaña-Ávila, Oriana A. Regalado-Gutiérrez, Daniela L. Mendoza-Millán, Natasha A. Camejo-Ávila, David A. Forero-Peña, Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi   +7 more
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