A fifty-three years old surgeon had acute renal failure consisting with acute tubulo-interstizial nephropaty twelve days after influenza vaccination; he was on statin therapy since one month. He was given steroidal therapy and fully recovered two weeks apart. This is the fourth case report of acute renal failure after influenza vaccination in patients on statins therapy. The case we describe co...

The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting hepatitis B vaccine immunogenicity among nursing staff of Teaching Hospital, Jaffna. 152 nursing staffs were recruited from April to July 2013. Those who received three doses had 7.7% failure rate in developing protective immune response. Failure rates were 20% in those who received one dose and 10.6% in two doses. Following vaccinati...

introduction: hepatitis b is a disease caused by the hepatitis b virus (hbv), which is transmitted through percutaneous (i.e., puncture through the skin) or mucosal (i.e., direct contact with mucous membranes) exposure to infectious blood or body fluids. hbv can cause chronic infection, resulting in cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death. persons with chronic infection a...

OBJECTIVE To identify the determinants of timely vaccination among young children in the North-West of Burkina Faso. METHODS This study included 1665 children between 12 and 23 months of age from the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System, born between September 2006 and December 2008. The effect of socio-demographic variables on timely adherence to the complete vaccination schedule...

Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotypes O, A and Asia1 are responsible for a significant number of disease outbreaks in Iraq. The current study can be considered as the first molecular characterization of serotype Asia1 in Iraq. The present investigation reports the detection of serotype FMDV Asia1 from local farms in Sulaimani districts in 2012 and 2014 outbreaks. Phylogenetic analysis o...

The past six months have witnessed a flurry of draconian vaccine bills appearing in the chambers of state legislatures around the country to mandate vaccinations and remove personal and religious exemptions. These bills are a direct violation of international medical standards because vaccines are categorically acknowledged as “unavoidably unsafe” by federal health agencies. During this time I ...