Abstract Background Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease is 3-fold higher in preterm versus full-term infants, mainly due to underlying comorbidities and immunological immaturity. V114 a 15-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV) containing the 13 serotypes 13-valent PCV (PCV13) plus two additional serotypes, 22F 33F. A pooled subgroup analysis was performed infants (<37 weeks gestational age) e...

Background Flare of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) following COVID-19 vaccination has been reported with a low occurrence observed in those patients disease remission. However, no local data is available our multi-ethnic Malaysian population. Objectives To evaluate the prevalence RA flare and its associated risk factors. Methods This was cross-sectional study assessing based on patient-reported thro...

<abstract> <p>An immunogenic and safe vaccine against COVID-19 for use in the healthy population will become available near future. In this paper, we aim to determine optimal administration strategy refugee camps considering maximum daily limited total supply. For purpose, extended SEAIRD compartmental models are established describe epidemic dynamics with both single-dose double-do...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of hepatitis B vaccination schedules and types of vaccines on hepatitis B vaccination timing. METHODS We used data for 211 643 children from demographic and health surveys in 47 low- and middle-income countries (median study year 2012). Data were from vaccination cards and maternal interviews. We grouped countries according to the vaccination schedule and type ...

Background. Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease is an infectious caused by the virus "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2" (SARS-CoV-2). This generated a pandemic in 2020 and has affected millions of people worldwide. Facing need to prevent its contagion, vaccine BNT162b2 was approved December Mexico started administered healthcare workers. Case presentation. We presented here, two workers vacc...

Before availability of varicella vaccine in the United States, an estimated 4 million varicella cases, 11,000-13,500 varicella-related hospitalizations, and 100-150 varicella-related deaths occurred annually. The varicella vaccination program was implemented in the United States in 1996 as a 1-dose routine childhood program. Based on data from two varicella active surveillance sites, the varice...

     Measles is a highly contagious disease. By the end of 2013, 84% of children had received at least a single dose of measles vaccine by their second birthday, and 148 countries had included a second dose as part of routine immunization. In 2002, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education developed a comprehensive strategy to eliminate Measles including mass immunization campaign fo...

BACKGROUND Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) are relatively expensive, newly introduced vaccines in China. This study evaluates the impact of residency and urbanicity on Hib vaccine and PCV coverage for children aged 2 to 7 years living in Shanghai, China, in August 2012. METHODS In this exploratory cohort study, a sample of children aged 2 t...

A field study investigated the effects of foot and mouth disease vaccine storage temperature for 7 days (frozen, refrigerated or held at ambient temperature) and dose (half or full dose) on the serological response to vaccination. It utilised a complete factorial design replicated on 18 smallholder cattle farms in three villages in Pursat province, Cambodia. Antibody responses from the 108 catt...