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The Cost and Public Health Burden of Invasive Meningococcal Disease Outbreaks: A Systematic Review.
BACKGROUND: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a serious disease with a rapid onset, high mortality rate, and risk of long-term complications. Numerous reports in the literature conclude that IMD...
Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has a high mortality. Although preventive strategies including vaccination have been established for children, less attention has been devoted to pregnant and postn...
SUMMARY It is unknown which intervention strategies are used or effective to increase influenza vaccine uptake by healthcare workers (HCWs) in acute hospitals in England. We undertook a survey in acut...
Introduction: The aims of this study were to understand the geographic extent, risk factors, and attack rate of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 virus (pH1N1) infection in Shandong Province China and to eluci...
A 27-year-old Burmese male initially presented to the health department for a routine vaccination approximately one month after arriving in the United States as a refugee. He had no significant past m...
MODELING THE EFFECTS OF IMMUNIZATIONS TIMING ON CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES IN INDIA.
Timely vaccinations of children in developing countries are important for reducing morbidity and mortality, which are Millennium Development Goals. However, a majority of children do not possess vacci...
Induction of Broad Cytotoxic T Cells by Protective DNA Vaccination Against Marburg and Ebola.
Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers have been described as the most virulent viral diseases known to man due to associative lethality rates of up to 90%. Death can occur within days to weeks of expos...
This report summarizes recommendations approved on February 21, 2013, by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the use of influenza vaccines. An expanded 2013 ACIP influenza vacc...
News Articles
Scottish Government advises healthcare workers to get MMR jab
Healthcare workers in Scotland are being urged to get vaccinated against measles in light of the continuing increased risk of infection across the country. The Scottish Government has written to...
WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough
(AP)—The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary.
WHO: Single dose of vaccination sufficient to confer life-long immunity against yellow fever disease
The yellow fever 'booster' vaccination given ten years after the initial vaccination is not necessary, according to WHO.
Yellow fever vaccination booster not needed
17 May 2013 -- The yellow fever ‘booster’ vaccination given ten years after the initial vaccination is not necessary, according to WHO.
Why You Should Be Investing In DNA Vaccination Technology And Inovio Pharmaceuticals
ByHealthcare Specialist: Important Historical and Sociological perspective on current and future vaccination technology Historically vaccines are thought of as one of the greatest achievements of m...
Pennsylvania Physicians Urge State Legislators to Support Immunization Expansion Bill
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association announced today that numerous physicians throughout the Commonwealth are urging state legislators to support Hous...
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association Recommends Canine VacciCheck
KIBBUTZ GALED, Israel, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Vaccination Guidelines Group has recently published the "Vaccination Guidelines for New Puppy...
Minority parents more receptive to vaccinating their daughters against HPV, finds new study
A new Boston University School of Medicine study has found that low-income and minority parents may be more receptive to vaccinating their daughters against Human Papillomavirus, while white, middle-c...
GSK and Save the Children set up R&D board
Save the Children and GlaxoSmithKline have built on their eight-year public health partnership with the launch of a joint research and development board to tackle causes of newborn and infant death i...
Induction of Broad Cytotoxic T Cells by Protective DNA Vaccination Against Marburg and Ebola
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Clinical Trials
Efficacy of Anti-Tubercular Vaccination in Multiple Sclerosis
The frequency of auto-immune diseases (including multiple sclerosis) is increasing in industrialised countries. According to an hypothesis which is receiving a wide international credit,...
GSK Biologicals is developing in partnership with the Malaria Vaccine Initiative at PATH a candidate malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS02 for the routine immunization of infants and children living...
Immunogenicity and Tolerance of Two Strategies of Anti-HAV Vaccination in HIV-Infected Patients
Immunogenicity is reduced in immunocompromised patients. The aim of this prospective randomized study is to evaluate tolerance and immunogenicity of 2 doses versus 3 doses of anti-HAV vacc...
Evaluation of the Safety of a Polyvalent Virus in Healthy Adults
This is a research study to evaluate the safety of a vaccine to protect people from HIV infection. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the cause of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndr...
Does vaccinating hemodialysis patients with Twinrix® (combination vaccine against hepatitis A and hepatitis B) result in a difference in hepatitis B antibody response in comparison to the...
Docetaxel Alone or in Combination With Vaccine to Treat Breast Cancer
This study will test whether giving a combination of a vaccine together with docetaxel is more effective against breast cancer than docetaxel alone. The Food and Drug Administration has ap...
Antibody Response and Immune Memory 15-18 Years After HBV Vaccination
Taiwan is an endemic region for hepatitis B. Before the implementation of a nationwide vaccination program in 1984, the hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier rate in the general population was 1...
Vitamin A Supplementation With Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) Vaccine
In the present study the investigators wish to address the effects of different doses of vitamin A supplementation in low and normal birth weight infants. Hypotheses: - Vitamin...
The purpose of this study is to learn whether or not giving a tetanus/diphtheria vaccination ("tetanus shot") before giving pneumococcal vaccine makes the pneumococcal vaccine more effecti...
Allogeneic Tumor Cell Vaccination in Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Donors with CM will be solicited from a waiting list of patients awaiting BMT from the waiting list of MUD searches. Maximally matched donor will be searched for each eligible CML patient...
Videos
Vaccination, Evidence of Harm, Review the Research and Know the Dangers
If you have questions concerning vaccines, this video will help you understand the current research surrounding this controversial topic. Learn why vaccines ...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Mass Vaccination
Administration of a vaccine to large populations in order to elicit IMMUNITY.
Adaptive Immunity
Protection from an infectious disease agent that is mediated by B- and T- LYMPHOCYTES following exposure to specific antigen, and characterized by IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY. It can result from either previous infection with that agent or vaccination (IMMUNITY, ACTIVE), or transfer of antibody or lymphocytes from an immune donor (IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE).
Smallpox
An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Smallpox Vaccine
A live VACCINIA VIRUS vaccine of calf lymph or chick embryo origin, used for immunization against smallpox. It is now recommended only for laboratory workers exposed to smallpox virus. Certain countries continue to vaccinate those in the military service. Complications that result from smallpox vaccination include vaccinia, secondary bacterial infections, and encephalomyelitis. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Vaccination
Administration of vaccines to stimulate the host's immune response. This includes any preparation intended for active immunological prophylaxis.
