Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease and continues to be a global public health concern. Although a licensed dengue vaccine is available, its efficacy and safety profile...
The pathogen Gallibacterium anatis has caused heavy economic losses for commercial poultry farms around the world. However, despite its importance, the functions of its hypothetical proteins...
Herpes zoster (HZ) affects 1 in 3 Americans by age 80 and is associated with longer-term complications, such as post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), with pain extending from 3 months to more than ...
When three-dose schedule antibody concentrations are reached in patients with blood cancer who are immunocompromised, they are comparable to that of healthy controls after two doses. ...
Studies have shown that rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) benefits from early intervention and that delays in treatment can result in poor outcomes. Although RRD is an urgent medical c...
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention has been shown to be an effective strategy and is indicated for people at increased risk for infection from sexual contact or injection dru...
Clinicians should ask pertinent questions to help identify unvaccinated parents and caregivers who are open to giving their children the COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccine hesitancy conti...
In just a month's time in late 2021, COVID-19 vaccination was estimated to prevent more than 50% of expected infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. Estimating the burden of COVID-19 pr...
Over half of patients with invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) had a missed opportunity to be vaccinated within our healthcare system prior to developing IPD. Invasive pneumococcal di...
For a study, researchers sought to assess the relationships between symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and the receipt of BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, and Ad26.COV2.S by day since vaccination before a...
The aims of the present study were to evaluate the ability of a subunit vaccine composed of recombinant molecules of α-toxin, β-toxin, FnBPA and ClfA, formulated with cationic liposomes an...
Brucella ovis is an economically important cause of epididymitis in rams worldwide. Polymeric BLSOmp31 was previously identified as a protective immunogen against this pathogen. In this stud...
A recent study has suggested that yeast cell wall product (YP) enhanced serum hemagglutination inhibition (HI) titers and intestinal sIgA responses in chickens immunized with Newcastle disea...
Previous studies have established that patients aged 65 and older with COPD are at elevated risk for influenza-associated complications, such as hospitalization, ICU admissions, and death. G...
In December 2020, the FDA granted emergency use authorization for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. However, within days of this authorization, there were several repo...
Nucleic acid delivery has applications ranging from tissue engineering to vaccine development to infectious disease. Cationic polymer condensed nucleic acids have been used with surface coat...
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes. ZIKV can be transmitted to humans by non-vector borne mechanisms such as sexual intercour...
Leptospirosis vaccines that elicit broad protection against a range of pathogenic Leptospira spp. would overcome a major drawback of currently licensed bacterin vaccines. Live attenuated vac...
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