A lyophilised formulation of chimpanzee adenovirus vector for long-term stability outside the deep-freeze cold chain by Frédéric Mathot, Edwige Lefebvre, Bernard G. Francq, Delphine Guillaume, Erwan Bourlès

“…Abstract Background The adenovirus-vaccine platform has come to prominence with the COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. …”
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Canada's First Universal Varicella Immunization Program: Lessons from Prince Edward Island by Lamont Sweet, Peggy Gallant, Marie Morris, Scott A Halperin

“…Repeated media announcements and the cooperation of staff in schools and daycare facilities assisted in informing parents about the availability of the vaccine. Vaccine- associated adverse events have been uncommon and the vaccine has been well accepted.…”
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QAAPT: an interoperable web-based open-source tool for antimicrobial resistance data analysis and visualisation by Mohammad Julhas Sujan, Sanjay Gautam, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Adam Clark, Sooyoung Kwon, Hea Sun Joh, Marianne Holm, John Stelling, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Florian Marks, Nimesh Poudyal

“…The QAAPT tool was created by the Capturing Data on Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Trends in Use in Regions of Asia project, led by the International Vaccine Institute (IVI). This open-source web-based tool/application generates statistical and visual outputs of AMR data, offers data curation options, and can be integrated with laboratory information management systems. …”
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Characterization of Interleukin-15-Transpresenting Dendritic Cells for Clinical Use by J. M. J. Van den Bergh, E. L. J. M. Smits, M. Versteven, H. De Reu, Z. N. Berneman, V. F. I. Van Tendeloo, E. Lion

“…Personalized dendritic cell- (DC-) based vaccination has proven to be safe and effective as second-line therapy against various cancer types. …”
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Automatic Generation of Validated Specific Epitope Sets by Sebastian Carrasco Pro, John Sidney, Sinu Paul, Cecilia Lindestam Arlehamn, Daniela Weiskopf, Bjoern Peters, Alessandro Sette

“…Accurate measurement of B and T cell responses is a valuable tool to study autoimmunity, allergies, immunity to pathogens, and host-pathogen interactions and assist in the design and evaluation of T cell vaccines and immunotherapies. In this context, it is desirable to elucidate a method to select validated reference sets of epitopes to allow detection of T and B cells. …”
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Sensitivity and Optimal Control Analysis of an Extended SEIR COVID-19 Mathematical Model by C. M. Wachira, G. O. Lawi, L. O. Omondi

“…The sensitivity analysis carried out on this model showed that the vaccination rate and vaccine efficacy are among the most sensitive parameters of the vaccine reproduction number, RV. …”
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Anti-Ebola virus mAb 3A6 protects highly viremic animals from fatal outcome via binding GP(1,2) in a position elevated from the virion membrane by Kathryn M. Hastie, Zhe Li Salie, Zunlong Ke, Peter J. Halfmann, Lisa Evans DeWald, Sara McArdle, Ariadna Grinyó, Edgar Davidson, Sharon L. Schendel, Chitra Hariharan, Michael J. Norris, Xiaoying Yu, Chakravarthy Chennareddy, Xiaoli Xiong, Megan Heinrich, Michael R. Holbrook, Benjamin Doranz, Ian Crozier, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Luis M. Branco, Jens H. Kuhn, John A. G. Briggs, Gabriella Worwa, Carl W. Davis, Rafi Ahmed, Erica Ollmann Saphire

“…The findings reported here can guide design of next-generation highly potent anti-EBOV therapeutics and vaccines.…”
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Analysis of Production Function in Layer Chicken Business in Soppeng District by Hasraful Anang, Syahriadi Kadir

“…Independent variables consisted of seedlings, labor, cage area, farmer experience, Newcastle Disease (ND) vaccine, Avian Influenza (AI) vaccine, concentrate feed, ground corn feed and bran feed. …”
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Increased Chemokine Production is a Hallmark of Rhesus Macaque Natural Killer Cells Mediating Robust Anti-HIV Envelope-Specific Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity by Junsuke Nohara, Tyler Evangelous, Madison Berry, Whitney Beck, Sarah Mudrak, Shalini Jha, R. Keith Reeves, Kevin J. Wiehe, Justin Pollara, Georgia Tomaras, Todd Bradley, Guido Ferrari

“… Background: Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic (ADCC) response mediated by natural killer (NK) cells correlates with decreased infection risk in studies involving simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)/simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine candidates. Currently, the heterogeneities of the functional subset of rhesus macaque natural killer (RMNK) cells are under-characterized.  …”
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Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 by David Scheifele, Alison Bell, Taj Jadavji, Wendy Vaudry, John Waters, Monika Naus, Jill Sciberras

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess vaccine effectiveness through enhanced disease surveillance following the change in childhood immunization programs in 1995, when all provinces and territories chose to use polyribosyl ribitol phosphate-tetanus protein (PRP-T) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine, generally in combination with diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus inactivated polio vaccine (DPT-IPV) (as PENTA vaccine) because the protective efficacy of this regimen had not been directly measured.…”
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Characterisation of clinical response and transcriptional profiling of proliferating CD8 T cells in the blood of cancer patients after PD-1 monotherapy or combination therapy by Peng Li, Haydn Kissick, Rebecca C Obeng, Tahseen H Nasti, Christiane S Eberhardt, Rafi Ahmed, Zhengjia Chen, Warren J Leonard, Suresh S Ramalingam, Andreas Wieland, Annapaola Mariniello, Jeffrey M Switchenko, Kylee Martens, Daniel Y Chang, Donald McGuire, Candace Daugherty, Yuzi Zhang, Rathi Pillai, Alice O Kamphorst

“…Transcriptional analysis of CD8 T cells after the first treatment cycle with effector cells generated following yellow fever virus (YFV-17D) vaccine-induced infection was also compared.Results An early proliferative (Ki-67+) CD8 T-cell response was observed after cycle 1 in 60 patients (58.3%). …”
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Modeling control strategies for concurrent epidemics of seasonal and pandemic H1N1 influenza by Olivia Prosper, Omar Saucedo, Doria Thompson, Griselle Torres-Garcia, Xiaohong Wang, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…Nations capable of acquiring large vaccine supplies soon became aware that those who could pay would have to compete for a limited vaccine stockpile. …”
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Efficacy of Rg1-Oil Adjuvant on Inducing Immune Responses against Bordetella bronchiseptica in Rabbits by Xiao Chenwen, Ji Quanan, Huang Yee, Liu Yan, Wang Jiaoyu, Wei Qiang, Qiao Litao, Nan Li, Bao Guolian

“…This study is aimed at examining the immune effects of Rg1, Rg1 plus oil, and other common adjuvants on inactivated B. bronchiseptica vaccine in rabbits. The mechanism underlying the adjuvant effect of Rg1 plus oil on the vaccine was also explored. …”
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Cytomegalovirus in the Neonate: Immune Correlates of Infection and Protection by Mark R. Schleiss

“…Fetal and neonatal infections caused by human cytomegalovirus (CMV) are important causes of morbidity and occasional mortality. Development of a vaccine against congenital CMV infection is a major public health priority. …”
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Influenza and Bacterial Pathogen Coinfections in the 20th Century by Xuan-Yi Wang, Paul E. Kilgore, Kyung Ah Lim, Song-Mei Wang, Jeongseok Lee, Wei Deng, Mei-Qi Mo, Batmunkh Nyambat, Jing-Chen Ma, Michael O. Favorov, John D. Clemens

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Nonhuman primate antigenic cartography of SARS-CoV-2 by Annika Rössler, Antonia Netzl, Ninaad Lasrado, Jayeshbhai Chaudhari, Barbara Mühlemann, Samuel H. Wilks, Janine Kimpel, Derek J. Smith, Dan H. Barouch

“…We also found that the monovalent XBB.1.5 mRNA vaccine induced broad immunity against the mapped antigenic space. …”
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Newly identified c-di-GMP pathway putative EAL domain gene STM0343 regulates stress resistance and virulence in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by Kaifeng Chen, Lili Li, Nanwei Wang, Zhouping Zhou, Peng Pan, Chenggang Xu, Dage Sun, Jiayi Li, Changzhi Dai, Dai Kuang, Ming Liao, Jianmin Zhang

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Heterogeneity of Rotavirus Testing and Admitting Practices for Gastroenteritis among 12 Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospitals: Implications for Surveillance by Julie A. Bettinger, Kathryn Wills, Nicole Le Saux, David W Scheifele, Scott A. Halperin, Wendy Vaudry, Members of the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive (IMPACT)

“…Understanding this variation is important when interpreting surveillance data and estimating the cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination programs.…”
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Evaluation of naturally occurring IgG anti-Vi antibody titers as predictors and correlates of typhoid fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Farhana Khanam, Natasha Y. Rickett, Faisal Ahmmed, Md Taufiqul Islam, Cecilia Kathure Mbae, Justin Im, Asma Binte Aziz, Beatrice Ongadi, Fahima Chowdhury, Ashraful Islam Khan, Afroza Akter, Md Golam Firoj, Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Kassa Haile, Se Eun Park, Martin Bundi Mwebia, Moses Mwangi, Benjamin Ngugi, Meseret Gebre Behute, Kelvin Kering, Suneth Agampodi, Suman Kanungo, Xinxue Liu, Andrew J. Pollard, K. Zaman, Deok Ryun Kim, Samuel Kariuki, Firdausi Qadri, John D. Clemens

“…Abstract Background When delivered through vaccination Vi-polysaccharide antigen of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi protects against typhoid by inducing IgG anti-Vi antibodies. …”
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Characterization of Shigella flexneri serotype 6 strains from geographically diverse low- and middle-income countries by Caitlin E. Gabor, Charlotte E. Chong, Jose M. Lemme-Dumit, Tracy H. Hazen, Kate S. Baker, Karen L. Kotloff, Irene N. Kasumba, Sharon M. Tennant, Henry Badji, M. Jahangir Hossain, Richard Omore, Benjamin Ochieng, Alex O. Awuor, Billy Ogwel, Jane Juma, Eileen M. Barry, David A. Rasko

“…The inclusion of S. flexneri serotype 6 (Sf6) is a necessary component of a multivalent vaccine strategies based on its clinical and epidemiological importance. …”
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