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ERADICATION OF VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 1999
▪ Abstract  Eradication is the permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of infection caused by a specific agent as a result of deliberate efforts; intervention measures are no longer needed. To date, the only infectious disease that has been eradicated is smallpox.
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Culture-Confirmed Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Canada, 2010 to 2014: Characterization of Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis Strains and Their Predicted Coverage by the 4CMenB Vaccine

mSphere, 2020
The molecular epidemiology of culture-confirmed invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Canada from 2010 to 2014 was studied with an emphasis on serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis (MenB) isolates, including their predicted coverage by the 4CMenB vaccine.
Raymond S. W. Tsang, Dennis K. S. Law, Rosita De Paola, Maria Giuliani, Maria Stella, Jianwei Zhou, Saul Deng, Giuseppe Boccadifuoco, Marzia Monica Giuliani, Laura Serino   +9 more
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COVID-19 vaccine-related adverse events following immunization in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2021–2022

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2023
The speed at which new vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were developed and rolled out as part of the global response to the pandemic was unprecedented.
Ananda Amarasinghe, Heeyoun Cho, Eve Rizza Katalbas, Yoshihiro Takashima   +3 more
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Responding to COVID-19 vaccine-related safety events: WHO Western Pacific regional experience and lessons learned

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2023
Problem: Novel vaccines were developed in an unprecedentedly short time in response to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which triggered concerns about the safety profiles of the new vaccines.
Heeyoun Cho, Ananda Amarasinghe, Yoshihiro Takashima   +2 more
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Characterizing infection of B cells with wild-type and vaccine strains of measles virus

iScience, 2023
Summary: Acute infection with measles virus (MeV) causes transient immunosuppression often leading to secondary infections. MeV infection of B lymphocytes results in changes in the antibody repertoire and memory B cell populations for which the mechanism
Logan Melot, Bettina Bankamp, Paul A. Rota, Melissa M. Coughlin   +3 more
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Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake in adolescents: a national cross-sectional study, August 2021–January 2022, England

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives To assess socioeconomic and geographical factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake in pupils attending state-funded secondary schools in England.Design Cross-sectional observational study.Setting State-funded schools in England ...
, Shamez N Ladhani, Alex Lewin, Mary E Ramsay, Charlotte Warren-Gash, Liang-Yu Lin, Sarah Cook, Joanne Beckmann, Ifeanyichukwu O Okike, Andrew Brent, Felicity Aiano, Joanna Garstang, Jody Phelan, Shazaad Ahmad, Ian Diamond, Colin N J Campbell, Punam Mangtani, Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo, Georgina Ireland, Pete Jones, Gillian McKay, Annabel Powell, Frances Baawuah, Emma Rourke, Alison Judd, Byron Davies, Anisah Saib, Bernadette Brent, Kevin E Brown, James McCrae, Joe Kelly, Dylan Stocker, Fiona Dawe, Elliot McClenahan   +33 more
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Whole genome sequencing for investigations of meningococcal outbreaks in the United States: a retrospective analysis

Scientific Reports, 2018
Although rare in the U.S., outbreaks due to Neisseria meningitidis do occur. Rapid, early outbreak detection is important for timely public health response. In this study, we characterized U.S.
Melissa J. Whaley, Sandeep J. Joseph, Adam C. Retchless, Cecilia B. Kretz, Amy Blain, Fang Hu, How-Yi Chang, Sarah A. Mbaeyi, Jessica R. MacNeil, Timothy D. Read, Xin Wang   +10 more
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Genetic Features of a Representative Panel of 110 Meningococcal B Isolates to Assess the Efficacy of Meningococcal B Vaccines

mSphere, 2022
Predictions of vaccine efficacy against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) disease are hindered by antigenic variability, limiting the representativeness of individual NmB isolates.
Alessandro Muzzi, Margherita Bodini, Nadav Topaz, Vega Masignani, Kumaran Vadivelu, Henju Marjuki, Xin Wang, Laura Serino, Duccio Medini   +8 more
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Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Requiring Hospitalization [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2017
BACKGROUND: Plain children often have lower immunization rates than non-Plain children. Penn State Health Children’s Hospital is a tertiary medical center with large nearby Plain (Amish and Mennonite) communities. We sought to describe the characteristics of children hospitalized with vaccine-preventable diseases ...
Gregory, Williamson, Bilaal, Ahmed, Parvathi S, Kumar, Barbara E, Ostrov, Jessica E, Ericson   +4 more
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Measles vaccination coverage among five‐year‐old children: implications for disease elimination in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objectives:To (i) assess under‐reporting of measles‐mumps‐rubella (MMR) vaccinations to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR); (ii) estimate MMR coverage among five‐year‐old children and the proportion immune to measles infection; (iii ...
Glenda L. Lawrence, C. Raina MacIntyre, Brynley P. Hull, Peter B. McIntyre   +3 more
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