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Conjugate Vaccines Targeting Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigens [PDF]

open access: yesVaccines
The surface of cancer cells is covered in abnormal carbohydrate antigens that facilitate tumor growth, immune evasion and metastasis. Overexpressed and often specific to cancer cells, these tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) offer a valuable ...
Nadine Rosenglick   +4 more
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Exploring the variables influencing the immune response of traditional and innovative glycoconjugate vaccines

open access: yesFrontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023
Vaccines are cost-effective tools for reducing morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases. The rapid evolution of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, the introduction of tetravalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines, mass vaccination campaigns in ...
Francesca Micoli   +4 more
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Vaccines against Meningococcal Diseases

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2020
Neisseria meningitidis is the main cause of meningitis and sepsis, potentially life-threatening conditions. Thanks to advancements in vaccine development, vaccines are now available for five out of six meningococcal disease-causing serogroups (A, B, C, W,
Mariagrazia Pizza   +2 more
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Vaccine hesitancy and receipt of mandatory and optional pediatric vaccines in Shanghai, China

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Given increased global concern about vaccine hesitancy, this study estimates coverage of mandatory vs non-mandatory vaccines in children, and assesses whether vaccine hesitancy among young parents relates to their childʻs eventual vaccination status in ...
Mengdi Ji   +3 more
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Protein-protein conjugation enhances the immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) vaccines

open access: yesiScience, 2022
Summary: Several effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have been developed using different technologies. Although these vaccines target the isolates collected early in the pandemic, many have protected against serious illness from newer variants.
Puthupparampil V. Scaria   +9 more
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Consensus recommendation for meningococcal disease prevention in children and adolescents in the Middle East region

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
Facing the availability of the new generation of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines (Menveo®, Menactra® and others pending for license) and their recent implementation in Saudi Arabia, experts from 11 countries of the Middle East region met at
Atef Shibl   +4 more
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Health and economic burden associated with 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotypes in Korea and Hong Kong

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has greatly reduced the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). V114 (VAXNEUVANCE™, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. a subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc.
Salini Mohanty   +5 more
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Adesão às novas vacinas conjugadas. Vacina anti-meningocócica e anti-pneumocócica.

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2004
The new conjugate vaccines against group C meningococcal infection and pneumococcal infection were introduced in Portugal in 2001. In 2001/2002, the media published several alarming news on meningococcal disease and there was an increased demand of those
Laurinda De Queirós   +3 more
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Progress toward the global control of Neisseria meningitidis: 21st century vaccines, current guidelines, and challenges for future vaccine development

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
The control of meningitis, meningococcemia and other infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis is a significant global health challenge. Substantial progress has occurred in the last twenty years in meningococcal vaccine development and global ...
A. W. Dretler   +2 more
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Promising directions for vaccine development to prevent shigellosis

open access: yesБиопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2022
Shigellosis (bacterial dysentery) is an acute infectious disease caused by Shigella spp., members of the Enterobacteriaceae family. The disease has the highest mortality rate amongst bacterial enteric infections.
M. V. Abramtseva   +2 more
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