BACKGROUND Mumps virus infection is a potentially serious viral infection of childhood and early adulthood. In China, live attenuated S(79) mumps vaccine has been licensed for pediatric use since 1990. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of live attenuated S(79) mumps vaccine against clinical mumps in outbreaks. METHODS Cases were selected from mumps outbreaks in sc...

Look at LAIV Joanna Merckx, MD; Monique Landry, MD; Louise Valiquette, MD; Deirdre Mccormack, BSc(N); Caroline Quach, MD MSc; Division of Infectious Diseases; Department of Pediatrics, The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada; Ministère De La Santé Et Des Services Sociaux Du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada; Vaccine Study Centre, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Cent...

It is a well accepted assumption that the transcription of DNA is done along a single strand (T o c c h in i-Va l e n t in e and cols.1, S p ie g e l m a n and H a y a s h i 2, M a r m u r 3 and T o h ä C. 4) and that the biosynthetic mRNA obtained is monoteonic and is read in a linear fashion during the process of translation. In order to have a good interaction with the ribosome and an easy r...

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There are two internationally available WHO-prequalified oral rotavirus vaccines (Rotarix and RotaTeq), two rotavirus vaccines licensed in India (Rotavac and Rotasiil), one in China (Lanzhou lamb rotavirus vaccine) and one in Vietnam (Rotavin-M1), and several candidates in development. Rotavirus vaccination has been rolled out in Latin American countries and is beginning to be deployed in sub-S...

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