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  2011 Dec 6  

Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome Following Childhood Vaccinations.

Retrouvey M, Koch LH, Williams JV

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virgnia Department of Dermatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Dermatology, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virgnia.

A 19-month-old boy was evaluated for a skin eruption after recent vaccinations. Clinical and histopathologic findings supported a diagnosis of Giano... Read More

Source: PubMed

J Am Osteopath Assoc    

Tdap vaccine: current indications for adolescent and adult patients in the United States.

Kirchner JT

Department of Family and Community Medicine, Lancaster General Hospital, 554 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA 17602-2225. jtkirchn@lghealth.org.

Despite the availability of a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine in the United States since 2005, the v... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

The cytotoxic effect of diphtheria toxin on the actin cytoskeleton.

Varol B, Bektas M, Nurten R, Bermek E

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Istanbul University, 34390, Çapa-Istanbul, Türkiye.

Diphtheria toxin (DT) and its N-terminal fragment A (FA) catalyse the transfer of the ADP-ribose moiety of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) int... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 29  

Maternal determinants of complete child immunization among children aged 12-23 months in a southern district of Nigeria.

Fatiregun AA, Okoro AO

Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

This study was conducted to identify determinants of complete immunization status among children aged 12-23 months in a southern district of Nigeria. ... Read More

Source: PubMed

Yakugaku Zasshi    

Influenza vaccine and adjuvant.

Nakayama T

Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Laboratory of Viral Infection I.

Adjuvant is originated from the Latin word "adjuvare" which means "help" in English to enhance the immunological responses when given together with an... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Corynebacterium ulcerans diphtheria: an emerging zoonosis in Brazil and worldwide.

Dias AA, Santos LS, Sabbadini PS, Santos CS, Silva Junior FC, Napoleăo F, Nagao PE, Villas-Bôas MH, Hirata Junior R, Guaraldi AL

Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto Nacional de Controle e Controle de Qualidade em Saúde, Fundaçăo Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

The article is a literature review on the emergence of human infections caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans in many countries including Brazil. Article... Read More

Source: PubMed

Pediatrics    

Washington state pediatricians' attitudes toward alternative childhood immunization schedules.

Wightman A, Opel DJ, Marcuse EK, Taylor JA

Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Ave, M/S C9S-6, Seattle, WA 98101. djopel@u.washington.edu.

To determine the frequency of parents' requests for alternative childhood immunization schedules (ACISs) and pediatricians' comfort with and willingne... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Cell Biol.    

Identification of host cell factors required for intoxication through use of modified cholera toxin.

Guimaraes CP, Carette JE, Varadarajan M, Antos J, Popp MW, Spooner E, Brummelkamp TR, Ploegh HL

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142.

We describe a novel labeling strategy to site-specifically attach fluorophores, biotin, and proteins to the C terminus of the A1 subunit (CTA1) of cho... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Cell Biol.    

Identification of host cell factors required for intoxication through use of modified cholera toxin.

Guimaraes CP, Carette JE, Varadarajan M, Antos J, Popp MW, Spooner E, Brummelkamp TR, Ploegh HL

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142.

We describe a novel labeling strategy to site-specifically attach fluorophores, biotin, and proteins to the C terminus of the A1 subunit (CTA1) of cho... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 24  

Assessment of safety and immunogenicity of two different lots of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine manufactured using small and large scale manufacturing process.

Sharma HJ, Patil VD, Lalwani SK, Mangalani MV, Ravichandran L, Kapre SV, Jadhav SS, Parekh SS, Ashtagi G, Malshe N, Palkar S, Wade M, Arunprasath TK, Kumar D, Shewale SD

Serum Institute of India Ltd., 212/2, Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.

BACKGROUND: Hib vaccine can be easily incorporated in EPI vaccination schedule as the immunization schedule of Hib is similar to that of DTP vaccine. ... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 21  

Immune responses in adults to revaccination with a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine 10 years after a previous dose.

Halperin SA, Scheifele D, De Serres G, Noya F, Meekison W, Zickler P, Larrivee L, Langley JM, McNeil SA, Dobson S, Jordanov E, Thakur M, Decker MD, Johnson DR

Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Center, Halifax, NS, Canada.

BACKGROUND: Although decennial adult boosters of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids are recommended in Canada and the United States, a second dose of pert... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 24  

Assessment of safety and immunogenicity of two different lots of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine manufactured using small and large scale manufacturing process.

Sharma HJ, Patil VD, Lalwani SK, Mangalani MV, Ravichandran L, Kapre SV, Jadhav SS, Parekh SS, Ashtagi G, Malshe N, Palkar S, Wade M, Arunprasath TK, Kumar D, Shewale SD

Serum Institute of India Ltd., 212/2, Hadapsar, Pune 411028, India.

BACKGROUND: Hib vaccine can be easily incorporated in EPI vaccination schedule as the immunization schedule of Hib is similar to that of DTP vaccine. ... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 21  

Immune responses in adults to revaccination with a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine 10 years after a previous dose.

Halperin SA, Scheifele D, De Serres G, Noya F, Meekison W, Zickler P, Larrivee L, Langley JM, McNeil SA, Dobson S, Jordanov E, Thakur M, Decker MD, Johnson DR

Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Center, Halifax, NS, Canada.

BACKGROUND: Although decennial adult boosters of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids are recommended in Canada and the United States, a second dose of pert... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome Following Childhood Vaccinations.

Retrouvey M, Koch LH, Williams JV

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virgnia Department of Dermatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Dermatology, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virgnia.

A 19-month-old boy was evaluated for a skin eruption after recent vaccinations. Clinical and histopathologic findings supported a diagnosis of Giano... Read More

Source: PubMed

J Am Osteopath Assoc    

Tdap vaccine: current indications for adolescent and adult patients in the United States.

Kirchner JT

Department of Family and Community Medicine, Lancaster General Hospital, 554 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA 17602-2225. jtkirchn@lghealth.org.

Despite the availability of a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine in the United States since 2005, the v... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

The cytotoxic effect of diphtheria toxin on the actin cytoskeleton.

Varol B, Bektas M, Nurten R, Bermek E

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Istanbul University, 34390, Çapa-Istanbul, Türkiye.

Diphtheria toxin (DT) and its N-terminal fragment A (FA) catalyse the transfer of the ADP-ribose moiety of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) int... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 29  

Maternal determinants of complete child immunization among children aged 12-23 months in a southern district of Nigeria.

Fatiregun AA, Okoro AO

Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

This study was conducted to identify determinants of complete immunization status among children aged 12-23 months in a southern district of Nigeria. ... Read More

Source: PubMed

Yakugaku Zasshi    

Influenza vaccine and adjuvant.

Nakayama T

Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Laboratory of Viral Infection I.

Adjuvant is originated from the Latin word "adjuvare" which means "help" in English to enhance the immunological responses when given together with an... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Corynebacterium ulcerans diphtheria: an emerging zoonosis in Brazil and worldwide.

Dias AA, Santos LS, Sabbadini PS, Santos CS, Silva Junior FC, Napoleăo F, Nagao PE, Villas-Bôas MH, Hirata Junior R, Guaraldi AL

Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto Nacional de Controle e Controle de Qualidade em Saúde, Fundaçăo Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

The article is a literature review on the emergence of human infections caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans in many countries including Brazil. Article... Read More

Source: PubMed

Pediatrics    

Washington state pediatricians' attitudes toward alternative childhood immunization schedules.

Wightman A, Opel DJ, Marcuse EK, Taylor JA

Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Ave, M/S C9S-6, Seattle, WA 98101. djopel@u.washington.edu.

To determine the frequency of parents' requests for alternative childhood immunization schedules (ACISs) and pediatricians' comfort with and willingne... Read More

Source: PubMed


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