Hepatitis B is a major burden in Pakistan. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Peshawar, from 9th June to 19th June 2010. Cluster random sampling was done. Confidence level of 95% and confidence interval of 5 was used to derive sample size. Parents of 506 children were asked about their hepatitis B immunization status who were aged 4 years or under. Questions on demographics, income, educa...

roved). The debate around vaccines has been in the spotlight in Europe over the last few years, both within the scientific community and the general public. In times where vaccines are losing public confidence and several international organizations (WHO, EU, ECDC) warn against the growing phenomenon of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ and its impact on decreasing vaccine coverage trends [1–3], National Hea...

BACKGROUND Tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) are known to be immunotherapy targets; thus tumor-sharing TAA may be used as a fusion hybrid partner to confer protection against subsequent tumor challenge. METHODS The squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), SCCVII and B4B8, were used in C3H/HEN mice: SCCVII (H-2(k)) is syngeneic, B4B8 (H-2(d)) is allogeneic. Experiments using tumor alone included hyperi...

Among the factors that have fostered success in childhood mmunization has been the development of the well-child schedule nd platform. This has allowed an evidence-based, standardzed schedule to be developed, implemented, propagated, and tilized across all pediatric care settings throughout the U.S. Furher, development of the childhood immunization platform made rovision of vaccines to children...