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Approaches to tuberculosis mucosal vaccine development using nanoparticles and microparticles: a review [PDF]

, 2014
Next-generation vaccines for tuberculosis should be designed to prevent the infection and to achieve sterile eradication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Almeida, António José, Caetano, Liliana Aranha, Gonçalves, Lídia Maria Diogo   +2 more
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Enhancing TB Vaccine Efficacy: Current Progress on Vaccines, Adjuvants and Immunization Strategies

Vaccines, 2023
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global infectious disease primarily transmitted via respiratory tract infection. Presently, vaccination stands as the primary method for TB prevention, predominantly reliant on the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine ...
Hui Wang, Shuxian Wang, Ren Fang, Xiaotian Li, Jiayin Xing, Zhaoli Li, Ningning Song   +6 more
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A systematic review of the impact of psychosocial factors on immunity: Implications for enhancing BCG response against tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an urgent global public health priority, causing 1.5 million deaths worldwide in 2018. There is evidence that psychosocial factors modulate immune function; however, how this may influence TB risk or BCG vaccine ...
Boccia, D, Dowd, JB, Fletcher, H, Hayward, SE, Nellums, LB, Wurie, F   +5 more
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Vaccination of Patients with Comorbid Conditions against Meningococcal and Pneumococcal Disease and Influenza during the COVID-19 Pandemic – New Aspects

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2023
The review discusses and confirms the important role of vaccination of patients with comorbid conditions against pneumococcus, influenza and meningococcus in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
M. P. Kostinov, K. V. Mashilov, T. A. Kostinova   +2 more
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Malaria infections do not compromise vaccine-induced immunity against tuberculosis in mice.

PLoS ONE, 2011
BackgroundGiven the considerable geographic overlap in the endemic regions for malaria and tuberculosis, it is probable that co-infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Plasmodium species are prevalent.
Marcela Parra, Steven C Derrick, Amy Yang, Jinhua Tian, Kristopher Kolibab, Miranda Oakley, Liyanage P Perera, William R Jacobs, Sanjai Kumar, Sheldon L Morris   +9 more
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Vaccine innovation, translational research and the management of knowledge accumulation [PDF]

, 2012
What does it take to translate research into socially beneficial technologies like vaccines? Current policy that focuses on expanding research or strengthening incentives overlooks how the supply and demand of innovation is mediated by problem-solving ...
Andre, Archibugi, Aston, Baird, Baldwin, Bastien, Benison, Bentrup, Blume, Blume, Blume, Blume, Blume, Blume, Bodian, Bonu, Bryder, Burnet, Buse, Carter, Chase, Chataway, Connor, Constant, de Souza, Dosi, Douglas, Esparza, Feinberg, Fleck, Fujimura, Galambos, Gallagher, Garber, Gerschenkron, Girard, Griffin, Hacking, Hilleman, Hopkins, Hopkins, Hortsmann, IAVI, IOM, Kremer, Lanjouw, Marincola, Markel, Mays, McCoy, Mullan, Nelson, Nelson, Nichter, Nightingale, Nightingale, NIH, Ohid Yaqub, Ohka, Oshinsky, Paul, Paul Nightingale, Plotkin, Poltorak, Pérez-Cuevas, Racaniello, Rasti, Ren, Ridley, Robbins, Rogers, Rose, Rosenberg, Sabin, Schofield, Smith, Smith, Time, Time, Tomes, van Lente, Vernick, Vincenti, Weiss, West, Yaqub, Zinkernagel   +86 more
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Liposome-Encapsulated Antibiotics for the Therapy of Mycobacterial Infections

Antibiotics
About a quarter of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Growing antibiotic resistance by this microorganism is a major problem in the therapy of the disease. M. avium-M.
Metin Yıldırım, Nejat Düzgüneş
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Peptide-Based Vaccines for Tuberculosis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. As a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the global TB mortality rate in 2020 is rising, making TB prevention and control more challenging ...
Wenping Gong, Chao Pan, Peng Cheng, Peng Cheng, Jie Wang, Guangyu Zhao, Xueqiong Wu   +6 more
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Ears of the Armadillo: Global Health Research and Neglected Diseases in Texas [PDF]

, 2013
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have\ud been recently identified as significant public\ud health problems in Texas and elsewhere in\ud the American South. A one-day forum on the\ud landscape of research and development and\ud the hidden burden of NTDs
AD Harries, AV Bode, BI Restrepo, BI Restrepo, Bruce Y. Lee, BY Lee, BY Lee, C Barona-Vilar, C Bern, C González, CA Petersen, CE Matthews, CL Fredregill, CM Jean, CP McHugh, D Nash, E Dumonteil, EG Radke, EJ Hanford, Harold S. Margolis, HQ Qu, HQ Qu, J Cox, JA Serpa, JC Vazquez-Chagoyan, Jennifer Chow, Jesus G. Valenzuela, JJ Wen, JK Andrus, JK Andrus, JM Brunkard, Jocelyn K. Lambuth, Jon Andrus, Joseph B. McCormick, K Kline, K Purcell, K Schleich, Karen A. Goraleski, KM Lillibridge, KO Murray, KO Murray, KO Murray, Kristy O. Murray, KY Won, LM Gardner, MA Barry, Maria Elena Bottazzi, MM Ramos, MS Nolan, MS Nolan, N Bouri, NA Wright, OA Saldarriaga, P Hotez, P Hotez, P Reiter, Peter J. Hotez, Peter Melby, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, Rebeca Rico-Hesse, RJ Harrigan, S Mirza, S Sarkar, SA Kjos, SP Fisher-Hoch, Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, T Meyer, Y Moolani   +79 more
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Redefining Therapies for Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis: Synergistic Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanotechnology, and Computational Design

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial peptide (AMP)‐loaded nanocarriers provide a multifunctional strategy to combat drug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. By enhancing intracellular delivery, bypassing efflux pumps, and disrupting bacterial membranes, this platform restores phagolysosome fusion and macrophage function.
Christian S. Carnero Canales, Jessica Ingrid Marquez Cazorla, Renzo Marianito Marquez Cazorla, Aline Martins dos Santos, Jonatas Lobato Duarte, Letícia Oliveira Catarin Nunes, Túlio Custódio Reis, Lara Cerazi Salvador, Norival Alves Santos‐Filho, Rafael Miguel Sábio, Hélder A. Santos, Fernando Rogério Pavan   +11 more
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