Vaccines

Immunogenicity, Safety, and Tolerability of Live Attenuated VaricellaZoster Virus Vaccine (ZOSTAVAX™) in Healthy Adults in India.

BACKGROUND: Herpes zoster (HZ) is caused by varicella-zoster virus ( VZV ) reactivation. In the United States, Zoster vaccine (ZOSTAVAX) is indicated for HZ prevention in patients ≥50 years.

Prokaryotic Expression of Hepatitis C Virus-NS3 Protein and Preparation of a Monoclonal Antibody.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a significant health threat that has been extensively investigated worldwide. Improving the sensitivity and specificity of laboratory tests for screening and early diagnosis of HCV in a relevant population is an effective measure to control the spread of HCV. To build a more reliable diagnostic method for HCV, we expressed gene fragments of HCV-NS3 linked to a carrier, p...

[Construction and identification of nanobody phage display library targeting Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus].

Objective To construct a phage display library of specific nano-antibodies against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and app...

[Effect of Recombinant Antigen Ferritin on DC Induce Immune Response].

OBJECTIVE: To explore the immunoreaction against protoscolex infection by the recombinant ferritin of echinococcus granulosus (rEg.ferritin) immunized...

Feature selection using a one dimensional naïve Bayes' classifier increases the accuracy of support vector machine classification of CDR3 repertoires.

MOTIVATION: Somatic DNA recombination, the hallmark of vertebrate adaptive immunity, has the potential to generate a vast diversity of antigen recepto...

Comparing the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Opinions Trends from Different Twitter User Groups with a Machine Learning Based System and Semiparametric Nonlinear Regression.

HPV vaccination refusal is a serious public health issue. Opinions on Twitter have are influential to potential consumers on vaccination behaviours. P...

[Development, identification and application of 33 monoclonal antibodies against cardiac troponin T].

The aim of this study is to prepare and characterize cardiac troponin T (cTnT) monoclonal antibodies (mAb), and further develop a chemiluminescence qu...

Unsupervised selection of RV144 HIV vaccine-induced antibody features correlated to natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxic reactions.

HIV-1 vaccine injection has been shown less effective due to the diversity of antigens. Increasing the knowledge of the associations between immune sy...

Towards a HPV Vaccine Knowledgebase for Patient Education Content.

Human papillomavirus is a widespread sexually transmitted infection that can be prevented with vaccination. However, HPV vaccination rates in the Unit...

Immune Response And Anamnestic Immune Response In Children After A 3-Dose Primary Hepatitis B Vaccination.

BACKGROUND: Diseases caused by Hepatitis B virus (HBV) have a worldwide distribution. Pakistan adopted the recommendations of World Health Organizatio...

Gist Representations and Communication of Risks about HIV-AIDS: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory Approach.

As predicted by fuzzy-trace theory, people with a range of training—from untrained adolescents to expert physicians—are susceptible to biases and erro...

Establishment of hepatitis A vaccine (inactivated, non-adsorbed) BRP batches 2 and 3.

The current hepatitis A vaccine (HAV), inactivated, non-adsorbed, European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Biological Reference Preparation (BRP) is used for...