Abstract Since the World Health Assembly’s 1988 resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis, one of the main tools of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has been the live, attenuated oral poliovirus...
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Abstract Thimerosal is an organic mercury (Hg)-containing compound (49.55 % Hg by weight) historically added to many multi-dose vials of vaccine as a preservative. A hypothesis testing case-control study evaluated automated medical records in the...
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We report a 14-month-male child, who developed Hemophilus influenzae meningitis after three primary doses of the vaccine. The child presented with fever and seizures. H. influenzae was isolated from both cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood. The...
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Click on link for NPR transcript about polio vaccine. http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=474725579
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Adverse events following Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1990-2013. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To characterize adverse events (AEs) after Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines reported to the...
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Importance There is accumulating literature on waning acellular pertussis vaccine–induced immunity, confirming the results of studies assessing the duration of protection of pertussis vaccines. Objective To evaluate the tetanus toxoid, reduced...
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The Pertussis Problem and a Possible SolutionWill Parents Go Along? The microorganisms that cause infectious diseases have a way of humbling us. Just as we think we have a problem solved, the microbes outsmart us. Penicillin was a miracle in 1943...
Read more Epidemiological and Economic Effects of Priming With the Whole-Cell Bordetella pertussis Vaccine Importance Current acellular pertussis vaccines may not protect against transmission of Bordetella pertussis. Objective To assess whether a priming...
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Impact of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccinations on Reported Pertussis Cases Among Those 11 to 18 Years of Age in an Era of Waning Pertussis Immunity: A Follow-up Analysis Skoff TH, Martin SW JAMA...
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Lorrin was severely brain damaged from DPT and died after many years profoundly disabled, her parents divorced from the stress, her father took to drink and was found dead in his apartment two weeks later.
Read more It is established that (1) subclinical Bordetella pertussis colonization of the nasopharynx persists in highly vaccinated populations, and (2) B. pertussis toxin is a potent adjuvant that, when co-administered with neural antigens, induces...
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