Measles seroprevalence in Thailand: are adolescents and young adults at risk of measles? by Panit Takkinsatian, Kamolmart Wannaphahoon, Prasit Upapan, Sansnee Senawong, Olarn Prommalikit

“…Results: None of the participants in the age group of 9 months had measles IgG levels beyond a protective level. Participants in the age groups 2.5, 5–15, 16–29, 30–33, 34–40 and 41–50 years had 82% (95% confidence interval [CI] 73.3–90.7), 50% (95% CI 36.1–63.9), 52% (95% CI 42.3–62.7), 70% (95% CI 61.1–78.9), 88.8% (95% CI 84.1–93.5) and 98.8% (95% CI 96.4–100.0) measles seropositivity, respectively. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health workers in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study by Ouni, Patrick Diox, Namulondo, Racheal, Wanume, Benon, Okia, David, Olupot, Peter, Nantale, Ritah, Matovu, Joseph K.B., Napyo, Agnes, Lubaale, Yovani A. Moses, Nshakira , Nathan f, Mukunya, David

“…A customised self-administered data collection tool was used to collect quantitative data on characteristics, vaccination status and factors for or rejection of vaccine uptake. …”
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Characterization of environmental and clinical surveillance inputs to support prospective integrated modeling of the polio endgame. by Kamran Badizadegan, Kimberly M Thompson

“…Relatively recently, the GPLN expanded to include environmental surveillance to obtain additional information about poliovirus transmission in some geographies and to increase confidence about the absence of poliovirus transmission after successful eradication and/or the cessation of use of live-attenuated oral poliovirus vaccines (OPVs). …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection rates and associated risk factors in healthcare workers: systematic review and meta-analysis by Amit Bansal, Mai-Chi Trieu, Emily M. Eriksson, Fan Zhou, Jodie McVernon, Karl Albert Brokstad, Rebecca Jane Cox

“…Abstract To protect healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, rigorous efforts were made to reduce infection rates among healthcare workers (HCWs), especially prior to vaccine availability. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Serious Game to Deliver Health Education About Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Clustered Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial by Lauren Bloomfield, Julie Boston, Martin Masek, Lesley Andrew, Donna Barwood, Amanda Devine

“… BackgroundInvasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a serious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease that can be life-threatening. …”
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Effect of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) on hospitalization among adults with COVID-19: An electronic health record-based target trial emulation from N3C. by Abhishek Bhatia, Alexander J Preiss, Xuya Xiao, M Daniel Brannock, G Caleb Alexander, Robert F Chew, Hannah Davis, Megan Fitzgerald, Elaine Hill, Elizabeth P Kelly, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Kenneth J Wilkins, Christopher G Chute, Melissa Haendel, Richard Moffitt, Emily R Pfaff, N3C Consortium

“…Several studies have found a protective association in real-world data, but they variously used less recent study periods, correlational methods, and small, local cohorts. …”
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