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Vaccine schedule compliance among very low birth weight infants in Lima, Peru
(Elsevier, 2015)
OBJECTIVE: There is little information about vaccine schedule compliance in very-low-birth-weight infants in developing countries. The aim of the study was to describe the compliance with the vaccine schedule among this ...
Confronting the barriers to develop novel vaccines against brucellosis
(Expert Reviews, 2011-09)
Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease of nearly worldwide distribution. This pathogen causes abortion in domestic animals and undulant fever, arthritis, endocarditis and meningitis in humans. Currently, there is no ...
Notes on syphilis vaccine development
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
The quest for a syphilis vaccine to provide protection from infection or disease began not long after the isolation of the first Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (T. pallidum) strain in 1912. Yet, a practical and ...
Rare detection of bordetella pertussis pertactin-deficient strains in Argentina
(Centers Disease Control, 2019-11)
Pertussis resurgence had been attributed to waning vaccine immunity and Bordetella pertussis adaptation to escape vaccine-induced immunity. Circulating bacteria differ genotypically from strains used in production of ...
Partisanship predicts COVID-19 vaccine brand preference: the case of Argentina
(Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Humanit Soc Sci Commun) ISSN 2662-9992 (online), 2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the significance of overcoming vaccine adoption
resistance and addressing real and perceived barriers for efficient vaccination campaigns.
One major problem faced by health systems around ...
Challenges in foot-and-mouth disease virus strain selection as an input to attain broad vaccine intraserotype cross-protection
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-02)
Introduction: Vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease virus is regarded as the most effective way to prevent disease. Selection of appropriate vaccine strains is challenging due to lack of cross-protection between ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with frequent influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel in Peru, 2016─2018.
(Elsevier, 2023)
INTRODUCTION: Despite a government-subsidized vaccination program, healthcare personnel (HCP) influenza vaccination uptake remains low in Peru. Using three years of cross-sectional surveys and an additional five years of ...
New Pertussis Vaccines: A Need and a Challenge
(Springer Verlag Berlín, 2019-11)
Effective diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccines were used for massive immunization in the 1950s. The broad use of these vaccines significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with ...
Socio-spatial heterogeneity in participation in mass dog rabies vaccination campaigns, Arequipa, Peru.
(Public Library of Science, 2019)
To control and prevent rabies in Latin America, mass dog vaccination campaigns (MDVC) are implemented mainly through fixed-location vaccination points: owners have to bring their dogs to the vaccination points where they ...
Sociodemographic Predictors Associated with the Willingness to Get Vaccinated against COVID-19 in Peru: A Cross-Sectional Survey
(MDPI, 2022-01-01)
During the race for the development of a vaccine against COVID-19, even before its commercialization, part of the population has already shown a growing fear of its application. We designed an analytical cross-sectional ...