PURPOSE OF REVIEW Vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) against influenza is an important component of infection control in healthcare settings but HCW vaccination rates remain low. Here we review current and emerging strategies for influenza vaccination of HCWs. RECENT FINDINGS Professional organizations have recommended annual influenza vaccination for HCWs since 1984, but HCW vaccinatio...

conclusions: in this study, a higher rate of more severe itp in recently vaccinated young children was observed in comparison with other probable etiologies. further investigations are needed to explain this finding. results: 51 patients were enrolled in this study (mean age = 3.86 ± 1.53 months; males = 32 [62.7%]). in 33 (64.7%) patients the platelets level was below 20000 /mm3. thrombocytope...

vaccination considered as one of the most cost-effective health interventions worldwide  through prevention and control of many serious childhood diseases (1). it is estimated  global coverage of  dose 3 of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (dtp3)among children one year old has been 86% in 2014 (by range from 77% to 96%  in african region and western pacific region; respectively) (2). globally...

background: viral hepatitis is one the main infections that health staff are faced with and nurses are at greater risk of the contracting this disease because of their exposure to patients. the current study was conducted to determine the hepatitis b vaccination coverage and its associated factors in nurses of imam reza (as) hospital in kermanshah, iran. methods: in this descriptive-analytic st...

background: vaccination is one of the most common painful procedures in infants. despite the irreparable consequences and complications of acute pain in infants, and existence of pharmacological and non‑pharmacological methods for pain control, pain control in infants has received less attention. therefore, this research aimed to compare the vaccination‑related pain in infants younger than 6 mo...

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...

influenza is an acute respiratory disease caused by the influenza a or b virus. it often occurs in outbreaks and epidemics worldwide, mainly during the winter season. significant numbers of influenza virus particles are present in the respiratory secretions of infected persons, so infection can be transmitted by sneezing and coughing via large particle droplets. the mean duration of influenza v...

objective(s):brucellosis, especially caused by brucella melitensis, remains one of the most common zoonotic diseases worldwide with more than 500,000 human cases reported annually. the commonly used live attenuated vaccine in ovine brucellosis prophylaxis is b. melitensis rev1. but due to different problems caused by the administration of this vaccine, a protective subunit vaccine against b. me...

A Quantitative Study of Cellular Immunity.