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Vaccination and immunological memory
… therefore their longevity and response to vaccination are critical for maintenance of protective immunity. To probe the dynamics of the Thmem response to antigenic challenge, we investigated subjects following a booster injection with tetanus toxoid (TT). Expansion of TT-specific Thmem …
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Behavioural adjuvants to vaccination
… eccentric exercise on the immune response to vaccination in young humans. Study one investigated whether the efficacy of the eccentric exercise intervention was affected by manipulating the timings of exercise prior to influenza vaccination. Three exercise groups were vaccinated immediately, 6 …
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Countering Anti-Vaccination Rumors on Twitter
… on changes in the belief about the anti-vaccination claim, anxiety associated with the rumor, intentions to vaccinate a child and share the rumor. Particularly, we tested whether argument strength, source expertise, as well as the recipient’s previously held attitude toward vaccination, …
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Supply chain coordination and influenza vaccination
… attempt to avert even greater potential losses. Vaccination is a primary weapon for fighting influenza outbreaks. The influenza vaccine supply chain has characteristics that resemble the Newsvendor problem, but possesses several characteristics that distinguish it from many other supply chains. …
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Evaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaign
… 000 confirmed cases. The South African measles vaccination programme started in 1975 with 1 dose schedule, and from 1996-8 has followed the World Health Organization-United Nations Children’s Fund strategy. This includes a 2 dose routine vaccination schedule for children at 9 and 18 months of …
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Human Papillomavirus vaccination: Immunological and epidemiological studies
… and used it as a basis for modeling the optimal vaccination strategies in this population. By the year 2055, vaccination of females starting at age 12 in 2008 was most efficient, estimated to prevent 5.8 million cumulative HPV16 infections. Catch-up programs had a strong additional preventive …
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Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates Through Nursing Journal Clubs
… transplant patients. To address the barriers to vaccination, specifically patients’ fear of adverse effects, nursing journal clubs (NJC) were implemented on the unit to educate nurses about the current research on flu vaccination for this patient population. As the facilitator, the CNL encouraged …
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Investigations into DNA vaccination against Channel Catfish Virus
… Virus (CCV). Studies conducted to evaluate DNA vaccination against CCV compared encoded gene, dose, multiple DNA vaccines, and immune response to vaccination. Genes were selected (ORFs 1 and 3 [immediate early genes], ORFs 6, 19, and 46 [membrane genes], and ORF59 [putative major envelope …
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A statistical mechanics approach to vaccination against HIV
… models of AM could help identify promising vaccination strategies and shed light on a previously ignored problem in basic immunology; meaning how AM works with several antigens. For my thesis I investigated two pathways for breadth evolution. First, motivated by experimental findings that …
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Statistical approaches to the evaluation of the impact of vaccination programs : a case study exploring rotavirus vaccination in New South Wales
Vaccination programs can provide an effective means to control infectious diseases at a population level. Evaluating the impact of these programs after implementation can be complicated by limitations of routine surveillance systems and lack of routine testing to confirm diagnosis, as well as …
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Modelling HPV Vaccination and Screening Strategies to Optimize Treatment
… mal-effects of HPV with tools such as screening, vaccination and treatment. Three sets of compartmental models were developed to study various aspects of HPV infection and progression. The first set of models studies which parameters are relevant in screening and vaccination programs and compares …
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West Nile Virus Vaccination: Current Threats and Future Considerations
The potential role of vaccination of West Nile virus in the future and the public health logistics that may be involved.
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Engineering Secreted Proteins for Gene Transfer and DNA Vaccination
… the treatment of autoimmune disease using gene vaccination, human GAD65 was engineered to be secreted by mammalian cells. GAD65 is a major autoimmune antigen involved in the development of type I diabetes in both non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice and human patients. After the removal of the …
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Hepatitis A vaccination practices in the pediatric population of Chicago.
Hepatitis A vaccination practices in the pediatric population of Chicago.
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Immunological insights into healthy aging: BCG vaccination and other strategies
Contains fulltext : 312649.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Improving pediatric influenza vaccination rates in the primary care setting
… a barrier to pediatric health. Current pediatric vaccination rates nationwide fall below the national recommendations. Understanding contributors to individualized hesitancy while employing motivational interviewing (MI) techniques can reduce caregiver hesitancy, improve influenza vaccination …
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HPV vaccination: knowledge, attitudes and beliefs in the Chinese population
… effective HPV vaccines have been developed and vaccination programmes introduced in many countries over the last decade. Given the burden of cervical cancer in China, it is imperative that effective primary and secondary prevention strategies are introduced. Effective introduction of HPV …
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Malarial Vaccination Studies: Bioassay Development, Antigen Fractionation, and Component Analysis
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