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World Journal of Vaccines is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in vaccine. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in vaccine related problems. All manuscripts must…
Kathya de la Luz-Hernández, Yamilé Rabasa, Raquel Montesinos, Dasha Fuentes, Julio Felipe Santo Tomás, Orlando Morales, Yadira Aguilar, Blanca Pacheco, Adolfo Castillo, Ana Maria Vazquez
Racotumomab monoclonal antibody is a murine anti-idiotypic antibody. This monoclonal antibody mimics N-glycolyl-GM3 gangliosides has been tested in several clinical trials Phase I/II for breast, melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer patients as an anti-idio…
David W. Brown, Anthony H. Burton, Marta Gacic-Dobo, Rouslan I. Karimov
Background: Comparison of target populations for immunization used by national immunization programmes with independent sources can be useful for identifying irregular patterns. Similarly, understanding differences in computed coverage levels that result from…
Charles Kinuthia, Marie Therese Baranyikwa, Khadar M. Ahmed, Awil Haji Ali, Assegid T. Kebede, John Agbor, David W. Brown
Background: After two decades of conflict, Somalia remains a fragile state where large scale displacement and inadequate access to functioning health services have left children vulnerable to morbidity and mortality from vaccine preventable disease. Children…
Omesh Kumar Bharti, Vidya Ramachandran, Sood Rajesh Kumar, Archana Phull
Rabies, a zoonotic disease, kills 55,000 persons every year globally and 20,000 persons in India. Two years back, we learnt of two deaths due to Rabies in remote village Shiv Shankar Garh of Arki block of District Solan and decided to investigate the deaths.…
Abdul-Dahiru El-Yuguda, Saka Saheed Baba, Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, Gordon Onyebuchi Egwu
The field trial of a candidate thermostable Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccine was carried out in flocks of sheep and goats under the extensive system of management. The immune response of vaccinated animals was determined using the neutralisation test…
Qingzhong Yu, Jason P. Roth, Haixia Hu, Carlos N. Estevez, Wei Zhao, Laszlo Zsak
Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV) are threatening avian pathogens that can cause serious respiratory diseases in poultry worldwide. Vaccination, combined with strict biosecurity practices, has been the recommendation for controlli…
Tino F. Schwarz, Karlis Pauksens, Christine Juergens, Deepthi Jayawardene, Daniel A. Scott, William C. Gruber, Beate Schmoele-Thoma
An open-label, multicenter study was conducted to describe the safety of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in 1049 individuals aged ≥68 years, who had previously been immunized with the unconjugated 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vac…
Olasumbo L. Ndi, Mary D. Barton, Thiru Vanniasinkam
Vaccines are an integral part of veterinary disease prevention. However there are still a significant number of veterinary diseases for which vaccines do not currently exist or where currently available vaccines do not provide adequate immu nity. Adenoviruses…
Suresh Sharma
The following article has been retracted due to the investigation of complaints received against it. The Editorial Board found that substantial portions of the text came from other published papers. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this ma…
Angela M. Payne, Xu Liu, Michael J. Caulfield, Jon H. Heinrichs
A high-throughput Serum Bactericidal Assay (SBA) was developed to monitor the functional antibody responses to capsular polysaccharide antigens from multiple serotypes of Neisseria meningitidis . This assay measures the ability of an antibody, aided by comple…
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