OBJECTIVES To evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a two-component acellular pertussis vaccine in preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN Fifty preterm infants (25-35 weeks of gestation; mean, 30.8 weeks) and 50 term infants as a control group received a two-component acellular pertussis vaccine irrespective of their biological age and actual weight. Adverse reactions were registered by parents on...

Background.  Recent trials of recombinant, live-attenuated chimeric yellow fever-dengue tetravalent dengue vaccine (CYD-TDV) demonstrated efficacy against symptomatic, virologically confirmed dengue disease with higher point estimates of efficacy toward dengue virus (DENV)3 and DENV4 and moderate levels toward DENV1 and DENV2. It is interesting to note that serotype-specific efficacy did not co...

The influence of time and temperature on the storage of an alkaline antigen of L. major-like and L.(V.) braziliensis promastigotes added or not of a proteases inhibitor (PMSF) was evaluated by means of an IgG-ELISA. Antibodies in assays using L. major-like antigen stored at -20 degrees C for 6 months had a statistically lower geometric mean titer (GMT) and different 95% confidence interval limi...

Abstract This research focuses on the 2D and 3D geospatial analysis of Ryukyu Trench, a deep-sea trench located in western Pacific Ocean between Japan Taiwan. The aim is to visualize regional differences topography southern (S) northern (N) parts trench. Technically, methodology based using Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) scripting toolset, for modelling General Bathymetric Chart Oceans (GEBCO), Ea...

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BACKGROUND Malnutrition is the most common cause of immune deficiency. It results in reduced secretion of T-cells and B-cell-stimulating factors leading to declining of special immunoglobulins. On the other hand, hepatitis B, as a major world health problem, can be prevented effectively by vaccination. Three doses of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine induce protective levels of anti-hepatitis B s...

In this paper we illustrate a technical solution to the Interactive Television Applications case study presented in [1] using languages and tools from the Epsilon GMT component based on the infrastructure provided by the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF).