Effects of health education using mobile technologies on caregivers’ knowledge of routine growth monitoring for children aged 9 to 24 months in Kenya by Justus O. S. Osero, Edna N. Osano

“…Unfortunately, many caregivers cease active RGM activities once they exhaust the government-recommended vaccines. The study aimed to find out the effects of health education using mobile technologies on caregivers’ knowledge of RGM. …”
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Attention-Based Hybrid Deep Learning Models for Classifying COVID-19 Genome Sequences by A. M. Mutawa

“…New viral strains may resist vaccines. Categorizing genetic sequences helps researchers track changes and assess immunization efficacy. …”
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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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Typhoid intestinal perforation in Francophone Africa, a scoping review. by Leah Sukri, Audry Banza, Katherine Shafer, Yakoubou Sanoussi, Kathleen M Neuzil, Rachid Sani

“…Interventions, including improved sanitation and the introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccines into routine vaccination programs, have the potential to significantly decrease typhoid fever and its complications.…”
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Factors influencing incomplete immunization among under five years old children at CHUK hospital, Nyarugenge district, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Elizabeth, Orua

“…Background: Low-income countries still have challenges with vaccine-preventable diseases, despite improvement in immunization coverage in Rwanda, cases of drop out and incomplete immunization persists. …”
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The impact of school closures on pandemic influenza:Assessing potential repercussions using a seasonal SIR model by Sherry Towers, Katia Vogt Geisse, Chia-Chun Tsai, Qing Han, Zhilan Feng

“…When a new pandemic influenza strain has been identified, mass-production of vaccines can take several months, andantiviral drugs are expensive and usually in short supply.Social distancing measures, such as school closures, thus seem an attractive means to mitigate disease spread.However, the transmission of influenza is seasonal in nature, and as has been noted in previousstudies,a decrease in the average transmission rate in a seasonal disease modelmay result in a larger final size.In the studies presented here,we analyze a hypothetical pandemic using a SIR epidemic model with time- and age-dependent transmissionrates; using this model weassess and quantify, for the first time, thethe effect of the timing and length of widespread school closures oninfluenza pandemic final size and average peak time.…”
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Enhanced Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Replication in Nsp4- or Nsp2-Overexpressed Marc-145 Cell Lines by Zhengqin Ye, Zhenbang Zhu, Liangzheng Yu, Zhendong Zhang, Xiangdong Li

“…Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) causes significant economic losses to the swine industry. The killed PRRSV vaccine has been reported to be safe and could elicit humoral responses. …”
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Innovative immunotherapies and emerging treatments in type 1 diabetes management by Malek Zarei, Mohammad Abbas Sheikholeslami, Masoud Mozaffari, Yassar Mortada

“…Antigen-dependent strategies focus on inducing immune tolerance to specific beta cell antigens, with mixed results from clinical trials involving autoantigen vaccines like GAD65. Beta cell therapies, including islet transplantation, offer promising outcomes but face challenges related to immunosuppression and donor availability. …”
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Investigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Travel Mode Choice Behaviour – A Stated Preference Case in Wuhan, China by Xin DOU, Xiaofeng PAN, Tao FENG

“…Third, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic leads to a decline in the residents’ preferences toward public transit, but the promotion of vaccines can lead residents to return to the public transit system. …”
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Concentration of viruses and electron microscopy by I. D. Petrova, B. N. Zaitsev, O. S. Taranov

“…Electron microscopy is also applied to ecological studies to detect viruses in the environment, to analysis of technological processes in the production of vaccines and other biotechnological components, and to diagnostics. …”
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The cost of typhoid illness in low- and middle-income countries, a scoping review of the literature. by Frederic Debellut, Alena Friedrich, Ranju Baral, Clint Pecenka, Emmanuel Mugisha, Kathleen M Neuzil

“…New means of prevention became available with the prequalification of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018. …”
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Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome in the Philippines: A Systematic Review by Anna Lena Lopez, Peter Francis N. Raguindin, Maria Asuncion Silvestre, Xenia Cathrine J. Fabay, Ariel B. Vinarao, Ricardo Manalastas

“…To provide baseline information on rubella and CRS prior to routine vaccine introduction in the Philippines. Methods. …”
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Both CD4+ and CD8+ Lymphocytes Participate in the IFN-γ Response to Filamentous Hemagglutinin from Bordetella pertussis in Infants, Children, and Adults by Violette Dirix, Virginie Verscheure, Françoise Vermeulen, Iris De Schutter, Tessa Goetghebuer, Camille Locht, Françoise Mascart

“…Infant CD4+ T-cell responses to bacterial infections or vaccines have been extensively studied, whereas studies on CD8+ T-cell responses focused mainly on viral and intracellular parasite infections. …”
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The Conservative Physiology of the Immune System. A Non-Metaphoric Approach to Immunological Activity by Nelson M. Vaz, Gustavo C. Ramos, Vitor Pordeus, Claudia R. Carvalho

“…Historically, immunology emerged as a biomedical science, concerned with host defense and production of anti-infectious vaccines. In the late 50s, selective theories were proposed and from then on, immunology has been based in a close association with the neo-Darwinian principles, such as random generation of variants (lymphocyte clones), selection by extrinsic factors (antigens)—and, more generally, on genetic determinism and functionalism. …”
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Optimization of Conditions for Production of Soluble <i>E. coli</i> Poly(A)-Polymerase for Biotechnological Applications by Igor P. Oscorbin, Maria S. Kunova, Maxim L. Filipenko

“…In vitro, PAP 1 is used to prepare libraries for RNAseq and to produce mRNA vaccines. However, <i>E. coli</i> PAP 1’s toxicity and instability in low-salt buffers complicate its expression and purification. …”
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Changing Landscape of Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis and Implication on Public Health by John Allonce, Mohammed Ahsan, Angelina Browne, Rebecca Witherell, Mark Rasnake

“…With the increasing prevalence of NTHi and its increase in invasive patterns, it is crucial to implement vaccination strategies and develop new vaccines targeting NTHi.…”
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Pangenome Analysis of Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Selected Areas of Africa Indicated Diverse Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Genes by Biigba Yakubu, Edwin Moses Appiah, Andrews Frimpong Adu

“…The challenge facing Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection management in some parts of Africa is the evolution of drug-resistant species, the lack of gold standard in diagnostic methods, and the ineffectiveness of current vaccines against the bacteria. It is being established that even though clinical consequences linked to the bacteria vary geographically, there is rather a generic approach to treatment. …”
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Martín Brizuela, María Carolina Palermo, Tomás Alconada, María Macarena Sandoval, Eugenia Ramirez Wierzbicki, Joaquín Cantos, Paula Gagetti, Agustín Ciapponi, Ariel Bardach, Silvina Ruvinsky

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To estimate the pneumococcal nasopharyngeal burden in all age groups in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) before, during, and after the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine conjugate (PVC).<h4>Methods</h4>Systematic literature review of international, regional, and country-published and unpublished data, together with reports including data from serotype distribution in nasopharyngeal carriage in children and adults from LAC countries following Cochrane methods. …”
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hpvPDB: An Online Proteome Reserve for Human Papillomavirus by Satish Kumar, Lingaraja Jena, Sangeeta Daf, Kanchan Mohod, Peyush Goyal, Ashok K. Varma

“…Affluent information in this reserve could be of help for researchers involved in structural virology, cancer research, drug discovery, and vaccine design.…”
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Alternative treatment methods for bovine mastitis: prospects and limitations (review) by V. D. Zubareva, O. V. Sokolova, M. V. Bytov, A. S. Krivonogova, S. V. Volskaya

“…This review describes the following alternative remedies: probiotics, bacteriocins, bacteriophages, phage enzymes (endolysins), nanoparticles, plant extracts, essential oils and immunobiological agents (vaccines). Understanding the mechanisms of their action will allow recommending the best treatment option for mastitis in each specific case. …”
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