• Recommendations for the age at which vaccines are administered are influenced by age-specific risks for disease, age-specific risks for complications, age-specific responses to vaccination, and potential interference with the immune response by passively transferred maternal antibodies. (cdc.gov)
  • Infant meningococcal vaccination: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations and rationale. (cdc.gov)
  • Current recommendations for universal vaccination of infants require parenteral administration of three different vaccines (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis {DTP}, Hib conjugate, and hepatitis B) during two or three different visits to a health-care provider. (cdc.gov)
  • Infants and children with recognized possible or potential underlying neurologic conditions seem to be at enhanced risk for the Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and appearance of manifestation of the underlying neurologic disorder within two or three days following vaccination. (who.int)
  • A range of schedules are recommended for hepatitis B vaccination of premature infants. (hindawi.com)
  • Concern among parents and paediatricians about the number of injections required during each immunisation visit has contributed to the observation that routine paediatric vaccination is often delayed in preterm infants [ 5 , 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • We have previously shown preterm infants less than 37 weeks of gestational age to display satisfactory immune response to all component antigens of a hexavalent diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-hepatitis B-inactivated poliovirus- Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine (DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib), with seroprotection/vaccine response rates generally similar to those seen in full-term infants following primary vaccination and a booster dose [ 7 - 9 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Even if the college or university you or your child plans to attend does not require certain vaccines before arriving on campus, it is a good idea to discuss your vaccination history with your doctor. (healthnews.com)
  • Parents and students can review the CDC's recommended vaccination schedule and make a decision about which vaccines to get before arriving on campus. (healthnews.com)
  • Vaccination in early childhood with the measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine has dramatically reduced these complications. (healthnews.com)
  • At the heart of the debate stand a few courageous physicians whose independent, multi-disciplinary approach to investigating the possible biological mechanisms of vaccine-induced autism is serving as a counterweight to the steadfast denials by infectious disease specialists and government health officials defending current mass vaccination policies. (nvic.org)
  • Now parents of old and young vaccine injured children in the U.S. and Europe are joining with enlightened doctors in a rejection of the unscientific a priori assumption that a child's mental, physical and emotional regression after vaccination is only coincidentally but not causally related to the vaccines recently given. (nvic.org)
  • Even as the race to add new vaccines to the routine child vaccination schedule rushes forward, parents, whose children became autistic after receiving existing vaccines, are changing the direction of autism research and the vaccine safety debate. (nvic.org)
  • Whole cell vaccines against pertussis can induce a hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode or shock-like syndrome (collapse) in children, 1 but this may also occur with diphtheria and tetanus vaccines, acellular pertussis vaccine, and without vaccination. (bmj.com)
  • Comparing the rates of collapse between countries poses problems because of differences in vaccination schedules and vaccines and in the way adverse reactions are monitored and symptoms reported. (bmj.com)
  • We measured the numbers of cases of collapse in children after vaccination with whole cell pertussis vaccine in the Netherlands in 1994 and followed up all cases who were reported after their first dose. (bmj.com)
  • In 1994, 712 adverse events were reported to the surveillance system, 587 after combined vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and poliomyelitis (DTP-IPV vaccine) and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib-PRP-T vaccine). (bmj.com)
  • Infants aged 6 weeks will be randomised to one of five primary vaccination schedules based on age at first DTwP-vaccination (6 versus 8 weeks of age), number of doses in the DTwP priming series (two versus three), and spacing of priming series vaccinations (4 versus 8 weeks). (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, there is a trade-off between earlier coverage and generation of strong immune responses due to the fact that weaker antibody responses to vaccination are seen in younger infants at this age [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome "is absolutely a side effect of vaccination. (politifact.com)
  • SIDS cases that follow a vaccination can be reported to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, but VAERS data cannot be used alone to show causality. (politifact.com)
  • A popular Instagram post falsely links vaccines to the deaths of babies, saying "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is ABSOLUTELY a side effect of vaccination. (politifact.com)
  • The U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, collects reports of adverse events, or suspected side effects, that occur after vaccination. (politifact.com)
  • An analysis of SIDS cases reported to VAERS concluded that associations between infant vaccination and SIDS is "coincidental and not causal. (politifact.com)
  • When discussing vaccine safety, emphasize the balance between the risks and benefits of vaccination. (contemporarypediatrics.com)
  • To promote vaccination in all settings, health-care providers should implement standing orders to identify adults recommended for hepatitis B vaccination and administer vaccination as part of routine clinical services, not require acknowledgment of an HBV infection risk factor for adults to receive vaccine, and use available reimbursement mechanisms to remove financial barriers to hepatitis B vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • Footnote 2 The European Rotavirus Vaccination Advocacy Committee ( ERVAC ) has recently advocated introduction of rotavirus vaccine into childhood immunization programs, although the members agree that further studies on the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Europe need to be done for a better evaluation of the cost and benefit of rotavirus vaccination programs. (canada.ca)
  • Vaccination guidelines for transplant recipients include regular boosters of tetanus, diphtheria, and inactivated polio vaccine, but there are few published data on the efficacy of these vaccines in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. (scienceopen.com)
  • Defining surrogate serologic tests with respect to predicting protective vaccine efficacy: Poliovirus vaccination. (who.int)
  • L'objectif de cette étude était d'évaluer la nécessité d'une vaccination contre le Hib chez les enfants iraniens en estimant la prévalence de la colonisation oropharyngée par le Hib chez les enfants de Téhéran. (who.int)
  • Immunisation delay was reported by 21.3% [18.0, 25.1] of mothers, but a majority (67.0%) were caused by the infant's sickness at the time of vaccination, while a minority (6.1%) due to mothers' concerns about vaccine safety and side effects. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Reinforcement of scientific evidence-based online communication about childhood immunisation in combination with tracking and analysis of vaccine hesitancy sentiment and anti-vaccination movements on the Internet/social media would be beneficial in improving immunisation timeliness and vaccine confidence in Albania. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since parents tend to search online for information that would confirm their original beliefs, traditional ways of promoting vaccination by healthcare professionals who enjoy confidence as trusted sources of health information should be sustained and strengthened to target the inequities in childhood immunisation timelines and vaccine confidence in Albania. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Everyone 6 months and older is recommended to receive 1 dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccine regardless of when you got your last vaccination. (lacounty.gov)
  • The HepA vaccine can be given as early as 6 months of age to babies who will travel to a place where hepatitis A is common (they will still need routine vaccination after their first birthday). (kidshealth.org)
  • In recent years, a vaccination campaign was launched for vaccine-preventable diseases such as Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Yellow-Fever. (gavi.org)
  • The processes are time-consuming and costly, and often large-scale cultivation of pathogenic bacteria is required for polysaccharide biosynthesis, making conjugate vaccines prohibitively expensive for vaccination campaigns in developing countries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • BACKGROUND: A low-level risk of intussusception following rotavirus vaccination has been observed in some settings and may vary by vaccine type. (cdc.gov)
  • RESULTS: Data from 318 infants with confirmed rotavirus vaccination status were analyzed. (cdc.gov)
  • Most vaccines that are part of the Swedish child vaccination programme are given as combination vaccines, i.e. vaccines against several diseases are given in the same shot in order to minimize the number of injections. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Updated recommendations for use of meningococcal conjugate vaccines--Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010. (cdc.gov)
  • Specific characteristics of the four conjugate vaccines available for infants and children vary (e.g., the type of protein carrier, the size of the polysaccharide, and the chemical linkage between the polysaccharide and carrier) ( Table 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Studies have been performed with all four Hib conjugate vaccines to determine immunogenicity in infants 2-6 months of age. (cdc.gov)
  • The introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines during the 1990s was followed by dramatic decreases both in the incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b related invasive disease and in nasopharyngeal carriage of the organism. (bmj.com)
  • The extent of this effect has been influenced by the fact that Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines reduce nasopharyngeal carriage and induce herd immunity. (bmj.com)
  • Based on the success of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines, chemical conjugation has been applied to the development of pneumococcal and meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccines. (bmj.com)
  • Evidence has begun to accumulate that these new polysaccharide based conjugate vaccines can also reduce nasopharyngeal carriage and can induce immune responses at the local mucosal level, which may be responsible for these effects. (bmj.com)
  • Prior to the introduction of Haemophilus b conjugate vaccines, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was the most frequent cause of bacterial meningitis and a leading cause of serious, systemic bacterial disease in young children worldwide. (theodora.com)
  • Introduction Reduced-dose schedules offer a more efficient and affordable way to use pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs). (bmj.com)
  • Immunogenicity, otitis media, hearing impairment, and nasopharyngeal carriage 6-months after 13-valent or ten-valent booster pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, stratified by mixed priming schedules: PREVIX_COMBO and PREVIX_BOOST randomised controlled trials. (edu.au)
  • Conjugate vaccines in which polysaccharide antigens are covalently linked to carrier proteins belong to the most effective and safest vaccines against bacterial pathogens. (biomedcentral.com)
  • State-of-the art production of conjugate vaccines using chemical methods is a laborious, multi-step process. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In vivo enzymatic coupling using the general glycosylation pathway of Campylobacter jejuni in recombinant Escherichia coli has been suggested as a simpler method for producing conjugate vaccines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • After induction glycoconjugates generally appeared later than unglycosylated carrier protein, suggesting that glycosylation was the rate-limiting step for synthesis of conjugate vaccines in E. coli . (biomedcentral.com)
  • The described methodologies constitute an important step towards cost-effective in vivo production of conjugate vaccines, which in future may be used for combating severe infectious diseases, particularly in developing countries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In contrast to isolated bacterial polysaccharides, conjugate vaccines induce a long-lasting T-lymphocyte dependent immunological memory [ 4 , 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most notably routine immunization of infants with conjugate vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae type B led to a fast and dramatic drop in respective disease incidents after implementation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • State-of-the art production technologies for conjugate vaccines are complex, multi-step processes (Figure 1 ). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Current method for the production of conjugate vaccines and in vivo biosynthesis . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed as supplied by Serum Institute of India Pvt. (who.int)
  • Reconstitute Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate Vaccine with Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis vaccine adsorbed. (who.int)
  • Pentacel, DTaP/ IPV/ Hib (diphtheria & tetanus toxoids/ acellular pertussis vaccine/poliovirus vaccine inactivated/haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine) dosing, indications, interactions, adverse effects, and more. (medscape.com)
  • adalimumab decreases effects of diphtheria & tetanus toxoids/ acellular pertussis vaccine by pharmacodynamic antagonism. (medscape.com)
  • alefacept decreases effects of diphtheria & tetanus toxoids/ acellular pertussis vaccine by pharmacodynamic antagonism. (medscape.com)
  • In 2006, a record 102 million children under one year of age were vaccinated worldwide with three doses of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine, and the number of unvaccinated children decreased to 26.3 million compared with 28.1 million in 2005. (who.int)
  • Although the rate of recurrent collapse after whole cell pertussis vaccine has not been studied, for over 30 years repeat doses of vaccine have been contraindicated in children who experience a collapse reaction. (bmj.com)
  • It was given by separate injection in addition to the standard diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine according to an accelerated 2, 3, and 4 month schedule without a booster dose in the second year of life. (scienceopen.com)
  • Approximately 90%-95% of recipients of a single dose of certain live vaccines administered by injection at the recommended age (i.e., measles, rubella, and yellow fever vaccines) develop protective antibodies, generally within 14 days of the dose. (cdc.gov)
  • The effectiveness of the mumps component of the MMR vaccine appears to be lower ( 88% ) than that of measles and rubella ( 97% ). (healthnews.com)
  • This report describes notification data for measles, pertussis, rubella, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b invasive infection, invasive meningococcal disease, mumps, tetanus, invasive pneumococcal disease and selected travel-related diseases in New South Wales, Australia in 2013. (who.int)
  • Make sure your kids' vaccines are up to date to protect them from diseases like measles, mumps, rubella and whooping cough. (lacounty.gov)
  • Measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles) vaccine. (kidshealth.org)
  • The vaccinations that are offered to all children protect against eleven diseases: rotavirus infection, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles, mumps, rubella, serious diseases caused by pneumococcus and human papillomavirus (HPV). (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Unconjugated polysaccharide vaccines do not induce T-cell memory, and additional doses (although they elicit the same or a lower antibody concentration) might increase the duration of protection. (cdc.gov)
  • Six premature infants did not respond to primary and booster doses. (hindawi.com)
  • This vaccine is usually given as 3 doses. (stlukes-stl.com)
  • It is important that your child receive all of the doses of vaccine in this series. (stlukes-stl.com)
  • Infants aged 2-11 months are given 2 doses with at least 2 months between the doses, followed by a booster dose about one year later. (who.int)
  • Infants and children are routinely vaccinated against three tetanus, pertussis and diphtheria with 5 total doses of DTaP vaccine administered before age six. (healthnews.com)
  • Hib vaccine is usually given as 3 or 4 doses (depending on brand). (healthychildren.org)
  • Children between 12-15 months and 5 years of age who have not previously been completely vaccinated against Hib may need 1 or more doses of Hib vaccine. (healthychildren.org)
  • Four key research areas were highlighted: the optimal timing of the first DTP-containing vaccine, the number of doses in the priming series (two versus three), the interval between priming doses and lastly, the need for and timing of a booster dose to optimise immunity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The product licensed in the US, made by Wyeth Vaccines, is sold there at around $50 a dose, and with three doses required, it costs $150 to protect each child. (vaccinealliance.org)
  • All three infants under 1 year (one 1-month-old and two 9-month-old infants) were fully vaccinated for age (one and three doses respectively). (who.int)
  • Of the two infants aged 12 months or older, one 19-month-old infant was partially vaccinated for age (one dose) and one 3-year-old was fully vaccinated for age (four doses). (who.int)
  • For the best protection, it's essential to stay up to date on vaccines by getting all the recommended doses. (lacounty.gov)
  • Kids younger than 9 who get the flu vaccine for the first time (or who have only had 1 dose before July 2023) will get it in 2 separate doses at least a month apart. (kidshealth.org)
  • Those younger than 9 who have had at least 2 doses of flu vaccine previously (before July 2023) will only need 1 dose. (kidshealth.org)
  • This vaccine is given in 3 doses to children who have already had dengue fever and who live in areas where it is common (such as Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). (kidshealth.org)
  • Protects against meningococcal bacterium type B. The MenB vaccine may be given to kids and teens in 2 or 3 doses, depending on the brand. (kidshealth.org)
  • About 100 million doses are given annually in the United States, most of them to infants and children as part of their routine immunizations. (oklahoma.gov)
  • No clustering of cases occurred in any of the risk windows after any of the vaccine doses. (cdc.gov)
  • a) If a vaccine is used that should be given with three doses. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Certain vaccines available outside the U.S. might be categorized differently as to vaccine type (e.g., live attenuated JE vaccine and live oral polio vaccine) ( Table 3-1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Polio cases have decreased 99% since 1988, due to vaccines. (obamacarefacts.com)
  • It is administered at the same time with other vaccines including diphtheria, tetanus, acelluar or whole-cell pertussis, haemophilus influenza type b, hepatitis, rotavirus and oral polio. (gavi.org)
  • Even during the pandemic, many parents took their infants in for appointments during their fragile first six months, when they get vaccines like polio and DTaP. (sltrib.com)
  • Legislators in Florida planned to "review" school requirements for common vaccines like those for polio and measles, and abandoned the plan only after backlash against the idea. (sltrib.com)
  • For varicella and mumps vaccines, 80%-85% of vaccines are protected after a single dose. (cdc.gov)
  • Of those who do not respond to the first dose of the measles component of MMR or varicella vaccine, 97%-99% respond to a second dose ( 5,6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • If your child does miss a dose of this vaccine, make another appointment as soon as possible. (stlukes-stl.com)
  • A single dose of monovalent A meningococcal vaccine is licensed for individuals 1-29 years of age. (who.int)
  • This vaccine is initially administered as one dose only and is licensed for individuals 2-55 years of age. (who.int)
  • A two-dose series of this vaccine is licensed for use in children aged 9-23 months. (who.int)
  • Tdap is also recommended with every pregnancy to provide the infant protection after delivery and before the first vaccine dose is possible at two months of age. (healthnews.com)
  • Infants will usually get their first dose of Hib vaccine at 2 months of age, and will usually complete the series at 12-15 months of age. (healthychildren.org)
  • has had an allergic reaction after a previous dose of Hib vaccine , or has any severe, life-threatening allergies . (healthychildren.org)
  • The travel-related dose for infants aged 6–11 months should not be counted toward the routine 2-dose series. (cdc.gov)
  • Conducted in a country without routine pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) use, allowing inclusion of an unvaccinated control group and measurement of the reduction in carriage afforded by the reduced-dose schedules. (bmj.com)
  • Furthermore, the vaccine appears to remain protective through the second year of life without a booster dose. (scienceopen.com)
  • But, while the era of vaccines costing just a few cents a dose is clearly over, few believe that a vaccine costing fully $150 per child will be attractive to developing countries, given that many of these countries governments spend under $20 on health per person each year. (vaccinealliance.org)
  • When it is used, mercury helps prevent bacteria and fungal growth in multi-dose vaccines. (lacounty.gov)
  • This third dose may be needed, depending on the brand of vaccine used in previous Hib immunizations. (kidshealth.org)
  • A single dose of some vaccines gives nearly complete protection. (oklahoma.gov)
  • The pseudo-likelihood adaptation of self-controlled case-series method was used to assess the association between RotaTeq administration and intussusception in the 1-7, 8-21, and 1-21 day periods after each vaccine dose in infants 28 to 245 days of age. (cdc.gov)
  • With the availability of new vaccines, such as those against rotavirus and pneumococcal diseases, a much larger proportion of children can now be protected against a broader range of infectious diseases. (who.int)
  • It protects against the infectious diseases Haemophilus influenzae type B and hepatitis B. A branded formulation, Comvax, was marketed in the US by Merck. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was licensed in the United States in February 2006 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and recommended for routine use in infants by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in August 2006 Footnote 1 and by the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics. (canada.ca)
  • Vaccines are really important in stopping infectious diseases from spreading, and they help our community stay healthy and strong. (lacounty.gov)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b, Streptococcus pneumoniae , and Neisseria meningitidis colonise the mucosa of the human upper respiratory tract along with other opportunistic pathogens and commensal bacteria. (bmj.com)
  • These components are the Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide [polyribosylribitol phosphate (PRP)] that is covalently bound to an outer membrane protein complex (OMPC) of Neisseria meningitidis and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) from recombinant yeast cultures. (theodora.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b and Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B are grown in complex fermentation media. (theodora.com)
  • The primary ingredients of the phenol-inactivated fermentation medium for Haemophilus influenzae include an extract of yeast, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, hemin chloride, soy peptone, dextrose, and mineral salts and for Neisseria meningitidis include an extract of yeast, amino acids and mineral salts. (theodora.com)
  • The PRP-OMPC conjugate is prepared by the chemical coupling of the highly purified PRP (polyribosylribitol phosphate) of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Haemophilus b, Ross strain) to an OMPC of the B11 strain of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. The coupling of the PRP to the OMPC is necessary for enhanced immunogenicity of the PRP. (theodora.com)
  • We conducted a phase 3 randomized controlled trial looking at the immunogenicity and safety of a novel combined Haemophilus influenzae type b and Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine, Hib-MenC-TT in a 2-, 3-, and 4-month primary infant immunization schedule. (ox.ac.uk)
  • or fractional vaccines such as recombinant vaccines, produced through genetic technologies. (cdc.gov)
  • Haemophilus B and hepatitis B vaccine is a combination vaccine whose generic name is Haemophilus b conjugate and hepatitis B recombinant vaccine. (wikipedia.org)
  • A portion of the hepatitis B virus gene, coding for HBsAg, is cloned into yeast, and the vaccine for hepatitis B is produced from cultures of this recombinant yeast strain according to methods developed in the Merck Research Laboratories. (theodora.com)
  • ENGERIX-B [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant)] is a noninfectious recombinant DNA hepatitis B vaccine developed and manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals. (druglib.com)
  • This article addresses the most common etiologies of fever in these age groups and the appropriate clinical prediction rules for identifying infants and toddlers at lowest risk for serious bacterial infections. (medscape.com)
  • The prevalence of a serious bacterial infection in an infant younger than 3 months is approximately 6-10%, most often urinary tract infections (UTIs). (medscape.com)
  • Prevents infections caused by hepatitis B virus and Haemophilus influenzae type b virus. (stlukes-stl.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) causes pneumonia and various infections throughout the body, including in the bones, brain and heart. (nyc.gov)
  • Several new mucosal vaccines against respiratory infections are under development. (bmj.com)
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b can cause many different kinds of infections. (healthychildren.org)
  • Hib disease occurred primarily in children under 5 years of age, and in the United States prior to the initiation of a vaccine program was estimated to account for nearly 20,000 cases of invasive infections annually, approximately 12,000 of which were meningitis. (theodora.com)
  • Elizabeth Briere] Haemophilus influenza, or Hi, are bacteria that can cause a variety of infections in children and adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Lack of awareness of the seriousness of vaccine-preventable diseases, in large measure a result of the remarkably low incidences of these infections. (contemporarypediatrics.com)
  • Follow-up of study children until November 1, 1993, has shown only 1 vaccine failure in an infant, and no invasive infections in those older than 1 year (average age 22 months). (scienceopen.com)
  • The Ministry, today, added another vaccine to those that are already available - the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) which protects against 13 strains of the pneumococcal infections which severely affects children. (gavi.org)
  • This new vaccine is given to infants and toddlers to protect them from the risk of attracting serious diseases caused by the pneumococcal bacteria such as pneumonia, ear infections, and meningitis. (gavi.org)
  • Acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous infants in Australia's Northern Territory across three eras of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use (2006-15): a population-based cohort study. (edu.au)
  • Vaccines are generally recommended for members of the youngest age group at risk for experiencing the disease for which vaccine efficacy and safety have been demonstrated. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the vaccine was highly effective in trials in Finland among children greater than or equal to 18 months of age (3), postmarketing efficacy studies in the United States demonstrated variable efficacy (4,5). (cdc.gov)
  • The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Hepatitis Vaccines Work Group conducted a systematic review of the evidence for administering vaccine for PEP to persons aged >40 years and reviewed the HepA vaccine efficacy and safety in infants and the benefits of protection against HAV before international travel. (cdc.gov)
  • The efficacy of IG or vaccine when administered >2 weeks after exposure has not been established. (cdc.gov)
  • Manufacturer(s) have sought approval of the vaccine(s) and provided evidence as to its safety and efficacy only when it is used in accordance with the product monographs. (canada.ca)
  • Efficacy of the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine PRP-T (Pasteur-Merieux) was evaluated in a controlled community intervention study in the Oxford region, UK. (scienceopen.com)
  • PRP-T vaccine had high protective efficacy with an accelerated immunisation schedule. (scienceopen.com)
  • Recommendations to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of live attenuated poliomyelitis vaccine (oral). (who.int)
  • Vaccine-preventable diseases are responsible for about 25% of the 10 million deaths occurring annually among children under five years of age. (who.int)
  • It is much safer to get immunized than to get the diseases that vaccines protect against. (albertahealthservices.ca)
  • New vaccines for other diseases continue to be introduced into the infant immunisation schedule, resulting in an increasingly crowded schedule. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Today, incidences of vaccine preventable diseases are at or near record lows. (contemporarypediatrics.com)
  • Too often in the past, new vaccines developed against major diseases such as hepatitis B have waited 10 or even 20 years after their initial licensure to reach those in low-income countries where disease burden tends to be highest. (vaccinealliance.org)
  • Like the ultra popular but often contested flu shot, we also have a number of other vaccines to prevent deadly yet common diseases. (obamacarefacts.com)
  • It brings information about vaccine preventable diseases: a FAQ from the disease and another from its vaccine, photos, videos, case histories, recommendations, references and links. (bvsalud.org)
  • Case reports, personal testimonies, newspaper and journal articles about people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases. (bvsalud.org)
  • To describe the epidemiology of selected vaccine-preventable diseases in New South Wales, Australia for 2013. (who.int)
  • Vaccine-preventable diseases were relatively well controlled in New South Wales in 2013, with declining or stable notification rates in most diseases compared with the previous year. (who.int)
  • Monitoring vaccine-preventable diseases is important to identify events that may require immediate public health control measures and to better inform policy and targeted immunization efforts. (who.int)
  • 1 Each LHD has a public health unit responsible for follow-up of all health-related issues including vaccine-preventable diseases. (who.int)
  • Under the state's public health legislation, medical practitioners, hospital general managers and laboratories are required to notify certain vaccine-preventable diseases. (who.int)
  • Data describing cases in NCIMS were extracted for selected vaccine-preventable diseases with a date of onset in 2013. (who.int)
  • Now health experts are worried that a swell of anti-vaccine sentiments could make it hard for Utah to get back to its pre-pandemic levels of immunity against preventable diseases. (sltrib.com)
  • But health officials say that lower vaccine coverage could help to usher in new outbreaks of old diseases in coming years. (sltrib.com)
  • In the U.S., there were around 1,250 infant deaths attributed to SIDS in 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (politifact.com)
  • These vaccines contained purified polyribosylribitol phosphate (PRP) capsular material from type b strains. (cdc.gov)
  • Recent studies show that parenterally administered capsular polysaccharide (PS) based vaccines can induce mucosal immune responses. (bmj.com)
  • Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) persists as a worldwide public health problem, with vertical transmission of HBV being responsible for approximately one third of all new cases of hepatitis B. Childhood hepatitis B immunisation has significantly reduced the incidence and prevalence of HBV infection [ 1 ], and currently more than 160 countries use hepatitis B vaccine in their national immunisation programmes. (hindawi.com)
  • In the Netherlands over 99% of childhood vaccines are administered routinely by specialised staff within a child health clinic. (bmj.com)
  • The OptImms trial will assess whether antibody titres against pertussis and other antigens in childhood can be maintained whilst adjusting the current Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) schedule to provide space for the introduction of new vaccines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • When a study revealed that mercury in childhood vaccines may have caused autism in thousands of kids, the government rushed to conceal the data - and to prevent parents from suing drug companies for their role in the epidemic. (unknowncountry.com)
  • The federal officials and industry representatives had assembled to discuss a disturbing new study that raised alarming questions about the safety of a host of common childhood vaccines administered to infants and young children. (unknowncountry.com)
  • People who are skeptical of vaccines claim that common childhood immunizations are responsible for SIDS and other health conditions, but scientists and public health experts have found no causal connection between routinely recommended vaccines and SIDS. (politifact.com)
  • Say NO to the plethora of childhood vaccines. (janethull.com)
  • Our aim is to estimate childhood immunisation timeliness and vaccine confidence associated with health information source, maternal, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics in Albania. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We used the 2017-2018 Albania Demographic and Health Survey to analyse childhood immunisation timeliness and vaccine confidence among 2113 and 1795 mothers of under-5-year-old children respectively using simple and multivariable logistic regression. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Among mothers of under-5-year-old children in Albania, 78.1% [95% CI: 74.3, 81.5] never postponed or rejected childhood vaccines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most vaccines don't have any mercury and thimerosal, a form of mercury, was removed from all childhood vaccines in 2001. (lacounty.gov)
  • With anti-vaccine beliefs pervading the coronavirus response, health experts worry childhood immunizations may not rebound any time soon. (sltrib.com)
  • Measles and chicken pox vaccines likely declined more than some of the other early-childhood vaccines because they generally are given after a child is one year old, Lakin said. (sltrib.com)
  • Republicans in Tennessee this summer suspended almost all outreach to promote childhood immunizations and the state's vaccine director was fired amid criticism from conservatives for promoting the coronavirus vaccine. (sltrib.com)
  • Before this vaccine was developed, Hib caused meningitis in about 20,000 children per year, with about 1,000 of those patients dying. (nyc.gov)
  • Before Hib vaccine, Hib disease was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis among children under 5 years old in the United States. (healthychildren.org)
  • The first attempts at treatment, which resulted in only modest reductions in the high mortality rate of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) meningitis, involved the administration of antisera generated by intrathecal inoculation of horses. (medscape.com)
  • Ampicillin and gentamicin remain the agents of empiric choice for those younger than 6 weeks because of the importance of gram-negative organisms in that age group and the rarity of Hib meningitis in such very young infants. (medscape.com)
  • Bacterial meningitis in infants is a serious infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The meningococcal vaccines can be given to kids as young as 8 weeks old (depending on the vaccine brand) who are at risk for a meningococcal infection, such as meningitis . (kidshealth.org)
  • Sustained reductions in invasive pneumococcal disease in the era of conjugate vaccine. (cdc.gov)
  • Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study. (cdc.gov)
  • Infants are vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type b ( Hib ) to protect them against invasive disease. (healthnews.com)
  • And CDC encourages state and local public health departments to serotype all invasive Hi isolates in order to monitor changes in the epidemiology in the post-vaccine era. (cdc.gov)
  • ABSTRACT Healthy carriers of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) play an important role in the spread of invasive disease. (who.int)
  • RÉSUMÉ Les porteurs sains de' Haemophilus influenzae de type b (Hib) jouent un rôle important dans la propagation de la maladie invasive. (who.int)
  • BACKGROUND: Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease is 3-fold higher in preterm versus full-term infants. (bvsalud.org)
  • Preventing pneumococcal disease among infants and young children. (cdc.gov)
  • Prevention of pneumococcal disease among infants and children--use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and 23- valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine--recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). (cdc.gov)
  • and PRP-OMP {PedvaxHIB(registered)}) for infants and children. (cdc.gov)
  • PRP vaccines were ineffective in children less than 18 months of age because of the T-cell-independent nature of the immune response to PRP polysaccharide (3). (cdc.gov)
  • and c) provides updated recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of conjugate Hib vaccines and TETRAMUNE{TM} for infants and children. (cdc.gov)
  • Recent studies suggest that infants and children with a history of convulsions in first-degree family members (i.e. siblings and parents) have a 3:2 fold increased risk for neurologic events compared DTP vaccine and permanent neurologic damage. (who.int)
  • This report summarizes efforts by Member States to increase immunization coverage and to extend the benefits of immunization with new vaccines to an increasing number of children. (who.int)
  • This vaccine is only given to infants and young children who are 6 weeks to 15 months of age. (stlukes-stl.com)
  • Monovalent C meningococcal vaccine is recommended for all children at one year of age as part of routine immunization and for people who have had meningococcal disease. (who.int)
  • It is especially important that children younger than 2 are up to date on their vaccines. (nyc.gov)
  • Infants and young children are the most likely to get this disease. (nyc.gov)
  • This enhanced public awareness has been fueled by persistent reports by parents in the U.S., Canada and Europe that their children were healthy, bright and happy until they received one or more vaccines and then descended into the isolated, painful world of autism marked by chronic immune and neurological dysfunction, including repetitive and uncontrollable behavior. (nvic.org)
  • As scientific evidence reveals that a portion of autism lies on the vaccine injury spectrum, parents determined to find help for their children are turning to doctors exploring diet and immune modulating therapies. (nvic.org)
  • This, while the U.S. government, the pharmaceutical industry and international corporate interests announced on March 2, 2000 the creation of a new multi-billion dollar alliance called the Millennium Vaccine Initiative (MVI) to vaccinate all of the world's children with existing and new vaccines, including those being targeted for accelerated development for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. (nvic.org)
  • Children over 5 years old and adults usually do not receive Hib vaccine, but it might be recommended for older children or adults with asplenia or sickle cell disease, before surgery to remove the spleen, or following a bone marrow transplant. (healthychildren.org)
  • Provides immunization for infants and preschool children at Community / Public Health Centres across Alberta. (albertahealthservices.ca)
  • Alberta Health Services provides routine immunization for infants and children across Alberta. (albertahealthservices.ca)
  • Immunizations are free of charge for infants and children who live in Alberta. (albertahealthservices.ca)
  • The parents of one child refused further vaccinations, and 16 children completed their schedule with the combined diphtheria, tetanus, and poliomyelitis vaccine (DT-IPV). (bmj.com)
  • Universal immunisation is the cornerstone of preventive medicine for children, The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine administered at 6, 10 and 14 weeks of age as part of routine immunisation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Following the success of the smallpox eradication programme, the World Health Organisation Expanded Programme on Immunisation (WHO EPI) began in 1974, with the aim that all children in all countries could benefit from life-saving vaccines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • According to a CDC epidemiologist named Tom Verstraeten, who had analyzed the agency's massive database containing the medical records of 100,000 children, a mercury-based preservative in the vaccines-thimerosal-appeared to be responsible for a dramatic increase in autism and a host of other neurological disorders among children. (unknowncountry.com)
  • Since 1991, when the CDC and the FDA had recommended that three additional vaccines laced with the preservative be given to extremely young infants-in one case, within hours of birth-the estimated number of cases of autism had increased fifteenfold, from one in every 2,500 children to one in 166 children. (unknowncountry.com)
  • Among the children who died, those reports say, 79.4% received at least one vaccine on the same day. (politifact.com)
  • In the pre-vaccine era, Hib incidence rates were more than 20 per 100,000 children less than 5 years of age. (cdc.gov)
  • In a survey of parents conducted in 2003, 31% agreed that it is painful for children to get many shots during a single doctor visit, 24% said they believed that the ingredients in vaccines are unsafe, 21% said they believed that vaccines are not sufficiently tested for safety, and 17% expressed concern that vaccines may cause learning disabilities. (contemporarypediatrics.com)
  • Children aged 60 months and older should be given the vaccine if they have a chronic illness associated with an increased risk for H. influenza. (virtualpediatrichospital.org)
  • If the vaccine proves as effective as its close cousin, licensed two years ago in the United States, it could potentially save hundreds of thousands of children s lives each year. (vaccinealliance.org)
  • The price for pneumococcal conjugates is indeed high at least relative to most children s vaccines. (vaccinealliance.org)
  • This is happening because our children are having to sustain an unprecedented toxic burden of which an endlessly and recklessly extended vaccine schedule is a major component. (ageofautism.com)
  • Infants and young children also may be eligible for additional protection against RSV. (lacounty.gov)
  • Since then, many extensive research studies involving millions of children worldwide have found no link between vaccines and autism. (lacounty.gov)
  • The vaccine will also be given to infants with sickle cell disease or any other chronic illnesses, however children who are very ill will require consultation with a doctor before administration. (gavi.org)
  • The Minister disclosed that in 2010 between 95 to 98 percent of children were administered 15 different kinds of vaccines however this indicates that children were missed in the process. (gavi.org)
  • He urged parents to take their children to the health centres to receive the necessary vaccines. (gavi.org)
  • If those shots were simply delayed because children weren't being taken to routine checkups, clinics should be seeing a high demand for vaccines this year, to provide immunizations to children who were due for them in 2020 and in 2021. (sltrib.com)
  • The Oklahoma State Department of Health participates in the Vaccines for Children Program, which allows LeFlore County Health Department to provide immunizations free of charge to low income individuals, Native Americans, or those whose insurance does not cover the cost of immunizations. (oklahoma.gov)
  • It is important for anyone getting a vaccine, or for the parents of children receiving a vaccine, to know what the vaccine is, what its benefits are, and what risks, if any, it has. (oklahoma.gov)
  • Immunosuppressants also increase risk of infection with concomitant live vaccines. (medscape.com)
  • although a UTI is still a significant concurrent infection in infants with bronchiolitis . (medscape.com)
  • [ 4 ] The leading cause of bloodstream infection was Streptococcus pneumoniae, followed by Haemophilus influenzae type b . (medscape.com)
  • Patients who have problems with their immune systems, such as those who are receiving steroids, chemotherapy for cancer, or who have HIV infection or AIDS, may not be fully protected by this vaccine. (stlukes-stl.com)
  • As many as nine out of 10 infants who get infected from their mothers at birth or in infancy develop a chronic, long-term infection. (nyc.gov)
  • This article reviews recent studies on mucosal immune responses induced by polysaccharide based vaccines and some protein vaccine antigens against several pathogenic nasopharyngeal bacteria, and discusses the mechanisms and functions of these immune responses that may help our understanding of mucosal immune responses to both immunisation and infection. (bmj.com)
  • Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) with hepatitis A (HepA) vaccine or immune globulin (IG) effectively prevents infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV) when administered within 2 weeks of exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • Preexposure prophylaxis against HAV infection through the administration of HepA vaccine or IG provides protection for unvaccinated persons traveling to or working in countries that have high or intermediate HAV endemicity. (cdc.gov)
  • Haemophilus influenzae infection is a mild and self-limited disease in the healthy population. (scienceopen.com)
  • All infants of women born in areas where the infection is highly endemic. (druglib.com)
  • Pneumococcal vaccines can be given to older kids (age 2 and up) who have conditions that affect their immune systems, such as asplenia or HIV infection, or other conditions, like a cochlear implant , chronic heart disease, or chronic lung disease. (kidshealth.org)
  • Other Haemophilus strains ( H. aphrophilus, now called Aggregatibacter aphrophilus ) occasional cause of infection in HIV. (hopkinsguides.com)
  • TETRAMUNE{TM} is the first licensed combination vaccine that provides protection against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and Hib disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Hib vaccine may be given as a stand-alone vaccine, or as part of a combination vaccine (a type of vaccine that combines more than one vaccine together into one shot). (healthychildren.org)
  • Some of the vaccines may be given as part of a combination vaccine so that a child gets fewer shots. (kidshealth.org)
  • The February 21, 2018, ACIP recommendations update and supersede previous ACIP recommendations for HepA vaccine for PEP and for international travel. (cdc.gov)
  • ACIP also recommended that HepA vaccine be administered to infants aged 6–11 months traveling outside the United States when protection against HAV is recommended. (cdc.gov)
  • The ACIP states that, in general, simultaneous administration of certain live and inactivated pediatric vaccines has not resulted in impaired antibody responses or increased rates of adverse reactions. (druglib.com)
  • Sometimes given together with the varicella vaccine and called MMRV. (kidshealth.org)
  • Live attenuated mucosal influenza vaccine has been licensed in the USA, but it will probably be some time before others go into general use. (bmj.com)
  • and Flucelvax, the first cell-culture derived influenza vaccine approved in the U.S., designed to protect adults 18 years and older against seasonal flu. (genengnews.com)
  • This schedule and vaccine will greatly facilitate the immunisation of premature infants. (hindawi.com)
  • Vaccine confidence was high among the mothers at 92.9% [91.0, 94.4] with similar geographical patterns to immunisation timeliness. (biomedcentral.com)
  • He pointed out that the immunization programme in 2011 will cost the Health Ministry $400M for its sustenance of which the Government is providing 91 percent while the remainder is provided by the sector's international partners which include the World Health Organisation (WHO), Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Global Alliance on Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI). (gavi.org)
  • Nasopharyngeal carriage of otitis media pathogens in infants receiving 10-valent non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV10), 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) or a mixed primary schedule of both vaccines: A randomised controlled trial. (edu.au)
  • Live vaccines must replicate in order to induce an immune response. (cdc.gov)
  • Many vaccines that stimulate both cell-mediated immunity and neutralizing antibodies (e.g., live, attenuated virus vaccines) can usually induce prolonged immunity, even if antibody titers decline over time ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • To be effective against colonisation, vaccines must induce local immune responses, which promote elimination of the pathogen, break the chain of transmission, and induce herd immunity. (bmj.com)
  • New combination vaccines should induce similar or superior levels of neutralizing antibody in serum for individual protection against paralytic disease and mucosal immunity that effectively decreases viral replication in the intestine and pharynx for population protection against transmission of poliovirus. (who.int)
  • Desaparece "una niña de 4 años" en baño de Disneyland en octubre de 2023. (politifact.com)
  • Both types of vaccine can be used this flu season (2023-2024) because they seem to work equally well. (kidshealth.org)
  • Conjugation with a protein carrier improves the effectiveness of polysaccharide vaccines by inducing T-lymphocyte-dependent immunologic function ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Conjugation of the PRP polysaccharide with protein carriers confers T-cell- dependent characteristics to the vaccine and substantially enhances the immunologic response to the PRP antigen. (cdc.gov)
  • Conjugate vaccine technology, where a polysaccharide antigen is coupled chemically to a protein carrier, either by direct linkage or by indirect coupling via diamino spacer molecules, can render the PS specific immune response T cell dependent. (bmj.com)
  • The purified protein is treated in phosphate buffer with formaldehyde and then coprecipitated with alum (potassium aluminum sulfate) to form bulk vaccine adjuvanted with amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate. (theodora.com)
  • The vaccine contains no detectable yeast DNA, and 1% or less of the protein is of yeast origin. (theodora.com)
  • Interchangeability, immunogenicity and safety of a combined 10-valent pneumococcal Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (Synflorix) and 13-valent-PCV (Prevenar13) schedule at 1-2-4-6 months: PREVIX_COMBO, a 3-arm randomised controlled trial. (edu.au)
  • Otitis media outcomes of a combined 10-valent pneumococcal Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedule at 1-2-4-6 months: PREVIX_COMBO, a 3-arm randomised controlled trial. (edu.au)
  • PCV13, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. (cdc.gov)
  • V114 is a 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) containing the 13 serotypes in PCV13 plus 2 unique serotypes, 22F and 33F. (bvsalud.org)
  • BACKGROUND: V114 (15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine [PCV]) contains all serotypes in 13-valent PCV (PCV13) and additional serotypes 22F and 33F. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study evaluated safety and immunogenicity of V114 compared with PCV13 in healthy infants, and concomitant administration with DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib and rotavirus RV1 vaccines. (bvsalud.org)
  • RESULTS: 1184 healthy infants 42-90 days of age were randomized 1:1 to V114 (n = 591) or PCV13 (n = 593). (bvsalud.org)
  • Several recently developed non-live vaccines do not contain antigen but employ RNA or DNA to instruct the recipient's own cellular mechanism to generate antigenic material. (cdc.gov)
  • Antibody responses to DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib and RV1 vaccines met pre-specified non-inferiority criteria, based on antigen-specific response rates to DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib and anti-rotavirus IgA geometric mean titers. (bvsalud.org)
  • Optimal response to a vaccine depends on multiple factors, including the type of vaccine, age of the recipient, and immune status of the recipient. (cdc.gov)
  • This schedule of recommended immunizations may vary depending upon where you live, your child's health, the type of vaccine, and the vaccines available. (kidshealth.org)
  • In infants with S pneumoniae , many isolates are strains not covered by the currently available heptavalent conjugate vaccine. (medscape.com)
  • These vaccines do not protect against meningococcal groups B and X. Serogroup B vaccines have been extracted from selected outbreak strains and are currently used in some countries to limit outbreaks. (who.int)
  • Currently there are no vaccines for the other strains of Hi. (cdc.gov)
  • in Hib disease to almost zero, vaccine pressure may have contributed to disease replacement by other Hi strains. (cdc.gov)
  • History of Sabin attenuated poliovirus oral live vaccine strains. (who.int)
  • The ful data concerning the history of attenuated poliovirus strains developed by one of us (Sabin, 1965) for vaccine production do not appear in a single journal. (who.int)
  • Over the past few years we have had frequent requests for the details such as isolation and attenuation and accordingly we felt that bringing the data together in the report below would be both helpful and informative to those involved in the production and control of poliovirus vaccine (oral) prepared from these strains. (who.int)
  • This vaccine is updated from time to time to protect against the latest strains of the virus. (lacounty.gov)
  • Revised recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to Vaccinate all Persons Aged 11-18 Years with Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine. (cdc.gov)
  • Early estimate of the effectiveness of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine. (cdc.gov)
  • Unlike the meningococcal conjugate vaccine, which is recommended for all, the decision to get the MenB vaccine is made by the teens, their parents, and the doctor. (kidshealth.org)
  • Prior to an injection of any vaccine, all known precautions should be taken to prevent adverse reactions. (who.int)
  • This includes a review of the parent's history with respect to possible sensitivity and any previous adverse reactions to the vaccine or similar vaccines. (who.int)
  • Adverse reactions should be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). (healthychildren.org)
  • The adverse events from H influenzae type B vaccine are infrequent and mild and not dealt with here. (bmj.com)
  • But VAERS data on their own cannot be used to establish whether an adverse event such as death is caused by a vaccine. (politifact.com)
  • Point out that the risks of the disease are far, far greater than the risk of a serious adverse effect from the vaccine. (contemporarypediatrics.com)
  • Vaccine- associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) is a rare adverse event associated with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). (who.int)
  • Inactivated and trivalent oral poliovirus vaccines contain either formalin- inactivated or live, attenuated poliovirus, respectively, of the three serotypes. (who.int)
  • Also included under the category of non-live vaccines are toxoids, which generate an antibody response to toxins produced by a microbe rather than to the microbe itself. (cdc.gov)
  • These recommendations include information on two vaccines recently licensed for use among infants: Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine (PRP-T {ActHIB(TM), OmniHIB(TM)}), manufactured by Pasteur Merieux Vaccins, and TETRAMUNE{TM}, manufactured by Lederle Laboratories/Praxis Biologics. (cdc.gov)
  • In late 1990, following two prospective studies, PRP-OMP (6) and HbOC (7) were licensed for use among infants. (cdc.gov)
  • On the basis of findings establishing comparable immunogenicity, a third conjugate vaccine, PRP-T (ActHIB{TM}, OmniHIB{TM}) has now been licensed for use among infants. (cdc.gov)
  • It is most serious among infants who are younger than one. (nyc.gov)
  • The primary outcome is vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage at 24 months of age. (bmj.com)
  • Can non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae carriage surveillance data infer antimicrobial resistance associated with otitis media? (edu.au)
  • Effect of different schedules of ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage in Vietnamese infants: results from a randomised controlled trial. (edu.au)
  • Effect of a 2+1 schedule of ten-valent versus 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage: Results from a randomised controlled trial in Vietnam. (edu.au)
  • Vaccine- associated paralytic poliomyelitis: a review of the epidemiology and estimation of the global burden. (who.int)