Maternal education, empowerment, economic status and child polio vaccination uptake in Pakistan: a population based cross sectional study [PDF]
Objectives: To explore the association of maternal education and empowerment with childhood polio vaccination using nationally representative data of Pakistani mothers in a reproductive age group. Design: Cross-sectional.
Khan, Muhammad Tahir+2 more
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Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response Following Vaccination With BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273.
Methods | Healthcareworkersatatertiarycarecenter(Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Belgium) who were scheduled for vaccination with 2 doses of either mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2 were invited to participate in this prospective cohort.
D. Steensels+4 more
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Uncovering Flavivirus Host Dependency Factors through a Genome-Wide Gain-of-Function Screen
Flaviviruses, such as dengue (DENV), West Nile (WNV), yellow fever (YFV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses, are mosquito-borne pathogens that present a major risk to global public health. To identify host factors that promote flavivirus replication, we performed a
Evgeniya Petrova+4 more
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Dramatic decline of serogrup C meningococcal disease incidence in Catalonia (Spain) 24 months after a mass vaccination programme of children and young people [PDF]
STUDY OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a mass vaccination programme carried out in Catalonia (Spain) in the last quarter of 1997 in response to an upsurge of serogroup C meningococcal disease (SCMD).
Domínguez García, Àngela+4 more
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Thrombocytopenia following Pfizer and Moderna SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination
Cases of apparent secondary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination with both the Pfizer and Moderna versions have been reported and reached public attention.
Eun-Ju Lee+10 more
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SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in healthy individuals generates effective immune protection against COVID-19. Little is known, however, about the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine-induced responses in immunosuppressed patients.
Sokratis A. Apostolidis+27 more
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Background Yeast cells represent an established bioreactor to produce recombinant proteins for subunit vaccine development. In addition, delivery of vaccine antigens directly within heat-inactivated yeast cells is attractive due to the adjuvancy provided
Daria Jacob+7 more
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Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study: evidence from rural South Africa [PDF]
<p><b>Background:</b> Childhood vaccination coverage can be estimated from a range of sources. This study aims to validate vaccination data from a longitudinal population-based demographic surveillance system (DSS) against data from a ...
A Heywood+35 more
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Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
Background: Faced with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the development of COVID-19 vaccines has been progressing at an unprecedented rate. This study aimed to evaluate the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in China and give suggestions
Jiahao Wang+6 more
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that adolescents aged 11-12 years routinely receive tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap); meningococcal conjugate (MenACWY); and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines.
C. Pingali+8 more
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