BACKGROUND To assess the demographic and attitudinal factors associated with HPV vaccine initiation and completion among 18-26 year old women in Utah. METHOD Between January 2013 and December 2013, we surveyed 325 women from the University of Utah Community Clinics about their HPV vaccine related beliefs and behaviors. Odds ratios (ORs) were estimated from logistic regression models to identi...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of vaccination status and vaccine types on course outcomes disease in older individuals diagnosed with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Material Methods: The included 1,258 aged 65 years who were COVID-19 [polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test positive] between February March 2022, was conducted retrospectively. individuals, vaccines...

A formalin-inactivated Eastern equine encephalomyelitis vaccine was prepared from the PE-6 strain virus, propagated in primary chick-embryo cell cultures maintained with Medium 199 containing 0.25% human serum albumin. To effect an increase in antigenic mass per unit volume of fluid harvest, we used the pooled fluids from the first tissue-culture passage as maintenance medium for two additional...

1 Duke University, Center for AIDS Research Central QA Unit, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 2 International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, 3 Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine–Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health an...

J. A. VÁZQUEZ*†, M. K. TAHA†, J. FINDLOW†, S. GUPTA AND R. BORROW National Reference Laboratory for Meningococci, Institute of Health Carlos III, Majadahonda Spain 2 Institut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit and National Reference Centre for Meningococci, Paris, France Vaccine Evaluation Unit, Public Health England, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK Department of Microbiolog...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service is responsible for ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products consumed in the United States. Here we describe a risk assessment method that provides quantitative criteria for decision makers tasked with developing food safety policies. To demonstrate the utility of this method, we apply it to a hypothetical case study...

It is known that targeting of antigen to antigen presenting cells (APC) increases immune responses. However, it is unclear if more than one APC-specific targeting unit in the antigenic molecule will increase responses. To address this issue, we have here made heterodimeric vaccine molecules that each express four different fusion subunits. The bacterial ribonuclease barnase and its inhibitor ba...

AIMS To describe trends in case notification data for vaccine-preventable diseases in NSW for 2009. METHODS Risk factor and vaccination status data was collected from cases through public health unit follow-up. Data from the NSW Notifiable Diseases Database were analysed by: area health service of residence; age; vaccination status; and sub-organism, as appropriate for the period 1991-2009. ...