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Epidemiology and Control of Meningococcal Disease in Canada: A Long, Complex, and Unfinished Story
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019 The epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Canada has been punctuated by outbreaks caused by serogroup A strains in the 1940s, virulent serogroup C clones from 1985 to 2001, a serogroup B clone in Quebec from 2003 to 2014, and more recently a W clone ...
Philippe De Wals
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Dynamic Vaccination Game in a Heterogeneous Mixing Population [PDF]
, 2019 Opposition to vaccination has long been a non-negligible public health phenomenon resulted from people's varied perceptions toward vaccination (e.g., vaccine-phobia). This paper investigates the voluntary vaccination behavior of a heterogeneous population during an epidemic outbreak, where each individual makes its own vaccination decision to minimize ...
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A Multilingual Dataset of COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes on Twitter [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Vaccine hesitancy is considered as one main cause of the stagnant uptake ratio of COVID-19 vaccines in Europe and the US where vaccines are sufficiently supplied. Fast and accurate grasp of public attitudes toward vaccination is critical to address vaccine hesitancy, and social media platforms have proved to be an effective source of public opinions ...
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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]
, 2001 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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Triptych of the Hermit Saints: pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines for the elderly
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2018 Ger T Rijkers,1,2 Laura IE Yousif,1 Simone MC Spoorenberg,3 Frans J van Overveld1 1Department of Science, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, the Netherlands; 2Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Antonius Hospital ...
Rijkers GT +3 more
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New Vaccines for the Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1996 Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of acute otitis media, pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis. Because in recent years antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal strains have been emerging throughout the world, vaccination against pneumococcal infections
Helena Käyhty, Juhani Eskola
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Conjugate Meningococcal Vaccines Development: GSK Biologicals Experience [PDF]
, 2011 Meningococcal diseases are serious threats to global health, and new vaccines specifically tailored to meet the age-related needs of various geographical areas are required.
Baine, Yaela +3 more
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Pneumonia, 2013 Pneumonia in childhood is endemic in large parts of the world and in particular, in developing countries, as well as in many indigenous communities within developed nations.
Diana C Otczyk, Allan W Cripps
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Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2018 Despite the progress in fighting against infectious diseases of bacterial origin, the incidence of generalized forms of meningococcal infection (GFMI) remains a topical public health problem not only in countries with historical high incidence, but also ...
M. V. Abramtseva +2 more
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Salud Pública de México, 2008 Objective. To identify serotypes and susceptibility of S. pneumoniae strains from 48 children with invasive infections and 50 carriers. Material and Methods.
Alberto Villaseñor-Sierra +3 more
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