AbstractObjective: To identify barriers to childhood and adolescent school-located vaccinations
Methods: Parents were provided the opportunity to explain why they did not consent to the vaccines offered.
Results: During Fall 2013, 805 forms indicating decl.....
AbstractFrom a virtual absence of routine infant immunization in the 1970s to their current state, national immunization programmes in Africa have come a very long way. This article describes an independent evaluation process undertaken to assess whether cou.....
AbstractIntroduction: A challenge during the early months of the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic was how to inform the public about availability of vaccine when vaccine supply was limited to certain provider settings and/or patient subgroups. We conducted .....
AbstractThe mosquito-transmitted viral infectious disease dengue is a major public health problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries, where it causes dengue fever, dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Almost 400 million people are infecte.....
AbstractRhinoviruses (RV’s) are extremely common human pathogens of the respiratory tract being the most frequent cause of mild diseases of the upper respiratory tract (common cold) but more importantly they are the major initiator of acute exacerbations.....
AbstractMembrane-associated proteins such as leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein-coupled Receptors (LGRs) are structurally complicated and conserved among mammals. Therefore, there are several problems that specific antibodies against LGRs have never be.....
AbstractTwo prophylactic vaccines against HPV16 and 18 infections are commercially available. Published clinical trials with these HPV vaccines report their use in protection against cervical CIN2+ if girls are vaccinated before their sexual debut. Even thou.....
AbstractObjective: Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) values, which provide monetary measures of community preferences for vaccines, could help policy makers set priorities for the use of health resources in low- and middle-income countries. We conducted a systematic .....