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Single shot of 17D vaccine may not confer life-long protection against yellow fever

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2017
The yellow fever (YF) vaccine has been used since the 1930s to prevent YF, which is a severe infectious disease caused by the yellow fever virus (YFV), and mainly transmitted by Culicidae mosquitoes from the genera Aedes and Haemagogus .
Pedro FC Vasconcelos
doaj   +1 more source

CD4/CD8 Ratio and KT Ratio Predict Yellow Fever Vaccine Immunogenicity in HIV-Infected Patients

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Background HIV-infected individuals have deficient responses to Yellow Fever vaccine (YFV) and may be at higher risk for adverse events (AE). Chronic immune activation–characterized by low CD4/CD8 ratio or high indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO ...
V. Avelino-silva, K. Miyaji, P. Hunt, Yong Huang, M. Simões, S. B. Lima, M. Freire, H. Caiaffa-Filho, M. Hong, D. A. Costa, J. Z. C. Dias, Natalia B. Cerqueira, A. Nishiya, E. Sabino, A. Sartori, E. Kallás   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social media as a source of drug safety information in the paediatric population

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims The paediatric population is vulnerable to suffering adverse drug events (ADEs) such as negative outcomes due to medication (NOMs)–drug related problems (DRPs), especially adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medication errors (MEs). Social media (SM) is considered an interesting tool for pharmacovigilance.
Ingrid Vilimelis‐Piulats, Ariadna Pérez‐Ricart, Maite Bosch Peligero, Albert Calvo, Josep Maria Suñé Negre, Juan‐Carlos Juárez‐Gimenez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antibody response to 17D yellow fever vaccine in Ghanaian infants

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To assess the seroresponses to yellow fever vaccination at 6 and 9 months of age; assess any possible adverse effects of immunization with the 17D yellow fever vaccine in infants, particularly at 6 months of age.
Osei-Kwasi Mubarak, Dunyo S.K., Koram K.A., Afari E.A., Odoom J.K., Nkrumah F.K.   +5 more
doaj  

Estimating the number of unvaccinated Chinese workers against yellow fever in Angola

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background A yellow fever epidemic occurred in Angola in 2016 with 884 laboratory confirmed cases and 373 deaths. Eleven unvaccinated Chinese nationals working in Angola were also infected and imported the disease to China, thereby presenting the first ...
A. Wilder-Smith, E. Massad
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Quantum associative memory with linear and non-linear algorithms for the diagnosis of some tropical diseases [PDF]

, 2016
This paper presents the QAMDiagnos, a model of Quantum Associative Memory (QAM) that can be a helpful tool for medical staff without experience or laboratory facilities, for the diagnosis of four tropical diseases (malaria, typhoid fever, yellow fever and dengue) which have several similar signs and symptoms.
arxiv   +1 more source

Organoid Models to Study Human Infectious Diseases

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
Our manuscript reviews the role of organoids as models for studying human infectious diseases, highlighting their irreplaceable contributions to drug testing and vaccine development for significant infectious diseases including HIV, ZIKV, SARS‐CoV‐2 and MPXV.
Sijing Zhu, Dan Chen, Xinzhi Yang, Liuliu Yang, Yuling Han   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancements in multiple sclerosis

Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is increasing, and early diagnosis and treatment is essential in mitigating disability. While recent therapeutic advancements have significantly reduced relapse rates, the progressive and degenerative aspects of MS continue to pose major challenges.
Turlough Montague, James Drummond, Karl Ng, John Parratt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yellow fever cases in Asia: primed for an epidemic

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
There is currently an emerging outbreak of yellow fever in Angola. Cases in infected travellers have been reported in a number of other African countries, as well as in China, representing the first ever documented cases of yellow fever in Asia. There is
Sean Wasserman, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Poh Lian Lim   +2 more
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Yellow fever vaccine-associated viscerotropic disease: current perspectives

Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2016
Purpose To assess those published cases of yellow fever (YF) vaccine-associated viscerotropic disease that meet the Brighton Collaboration criteria and to assess the safety of YF vaccine with respect to viscerotropic disease.
Roger E. Thomas
semanticscholar   +1 more source