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CKS topic review: MeaslesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CKS Area: Evidence > Guidelines This Topic Review from the Clinical Knowledge Service (CKS) covers the management of acute measles and post-exposure prophylaxis for measles. This topic does not cover the prevention of measles with the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. (Source: NeLM - Infections)
Source: NeLM - Infections - November 17, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations

Kinetics of antibody persistence following administration of a combination meningococcal serogroup C and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine at 12 to 15 months of age in healthy UK infants primed with two doses of one of three monovalent meningococcal serogroup C vaccines.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The kinetics of antibody persistence following the administration of a combination meningococcal serogroup C and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine (Menitorix) in the second year of life in children primed with two doses of one of three monovalent meningococcal serogroup C (MCC) vaccines was investigated. Study subjects were either administered Menitorix at 12 to 15 months of age followed by the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7) and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine 4 to 6 weeks later or all three vaccines concomitantly at 12 to 15 months of age. Blood samples were collected before and 1,...
Source: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology - November 11, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Borrow R, Andrews N, Findlow H, Waight P, Southern J, Crowley-Luke A, Stapley L, England A, Findlow J, Miller E Tags: Clin vaccine Immunol Source Type: journals

Rubella vaccine-induced cellular immunity: evidence of associations with polymorphisms in the Toll-like, vitamin A and D receptors, and innate immune response genesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Toll-like, vitamin A and D receptors and other innate proteins participate in various immune functions. We determined whether innate gene-sequence variations are associated with rubella vaccine-induced cytokine immune responses. We genotyped 714 healthy children (11–19 years of age) after two doses of rubella-containing vaccine for 148 candidate SNP markers. Rubella virus-induced cytokines were measured by ELISA. Twenty-two significant associations (range of P values 0.002–0.048) were found between SNPs in the vitamin A receptor family (RARA, RARB, TOP2B and RARG), vitamin D receptor and do...
Source: Human Genetics - November 9, 2009 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Human Genetics Source Type: journals

SRI LANKA: Anxiety Persists Over Safety of Rubella VaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
COLOMBO, Nov 4 (IPS) - Sudarma Senevirathana’s teenage daughter is at an age when she can already be given the ‘rubella’ vaccine, administered free of charge by government health officials at schools. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 5, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

SRI LANKA: Anxiety Persists Over Safety of Rubella VaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
COLOMBO, Nov 4 (IPS) - Sudarma Senevirathana’s teenage daughter is at an age when she can already be given the ‘rubella’ vaccine, administered free of charge by government health officials at schools. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 4, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

The effect of HLA homozygosity on rubella vaccine-induced humoral and cell-mediated immune responses.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) genes play a critical role in host immunity including vaccine responses. HLA molecules present antigenic peptides to T cells and provide inhibitory signals to NK cells, and polymorphisms within HLA genes allows for binding and presentation of a diverse array of self and foreign peptides. Heterozygosity across HLA alleles has been found to play a positive role in host defense for a variety of infections. Homozygosity within one or more HLA loci may restrict this epitope repertoire and limit T cell responses to infection or vaccination. Here we report that homozygosity within the HLA DPB1 lo...
Source: Human Immunology - November 4, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Kennedy RB, Ovsyannikova IG, Vierkant RA, Jacobson RM, Poland GA Tags: Hum Immunol Source Type: journals

ProQuadEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Approval Letter and Approved Final Draft Labeling for Merck's Efficacy Supplement for Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella Vaccine, Live, (ProQuad®), to include concomitant administration with hepatitis A vaccine (VAQTA®) and/or pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevnar®), use of ProQuad® in children 15 months to 12 years of age if a second dose of measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella is needed, additional safety data after a first or second dose of ProQuad®, and to comply with the Physician’s Labeling Rule format, have been issued. (Source: What's New at CBER)
Source: What's New at CBER - November 3, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: organizations

Transverse myelitis and vaccines: a multi-analysis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Transverse myelitis is a rare clinical syndrome in which an immune-mediated process causes neural injury to the spinal cord. The pathogenesis of transverse myelitis is mostly of an autoimmune nature, triggered by various environmental factors, including vaccination. Our aim here was to search for and analyze reported cases of transverse myelitis following vaccination. A systematic review of PubMed, EMBASE and DynaMed for all English-language journals published between 1970 and 2009 was preformed, utilizing the key words transverse myelitis, myelitis, vaccines, post-vaccination, vaccination and autoimmunity. We have dis...
Source: Lupus - November 1, 2009 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Agmon-Levin N, Kivity S, Szyper-Kravitz M, Shoenfeld Y Tags: Lupus Source Type: journals

Congenital rubella syndrome: pattern and presentation in a southern Nigerian tertiary hospital.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: CRS is commonly diagnosed at our center. Thus, mounting effective surveillance for CRS and considering the inclusion of rubella vaccine in Nigeria are of extreme importance. PMID: 19911144 [PubMed - in process] (Source: World Journal of Pediatrics : WJP)
Source: World Journal of Pediatrics : WJP - November 1, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: George IO, Frank-Briggs AI, Oruamabo RS Tags: World J Pediatr Source Type: journals

Reporting of MMR evidence in professional publications: 1988-2007Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: While a period of neutrality may reflect a professional response to uncertainty by holding back until consensus emerges, it may also represent a missed opportunity to promote evidence-based practice. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - October 22, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Hilton, S, Hunt, K, Langan, M, Hamilton, V, Petticrew, M Tags: Dentistry and oral medicine Original articles Source Type: journals

UN-backed vaccination scheme in Tajikistan achieves almost universal successEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nearly every Tajik child between the ages of one and 14 received vaccinations against measles and rubella during a two-week, United Nations-backed campaign this month to fight the spread of the diseases in the mountainous Central Asian country. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - October 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations

Schizophrenia Susceptibility Genes Directly Implicated in the Life Cycles of Pathogens: Cytomegalovirus, Influenza, Herpes simplex, Rubella, and Toxoplasma gondiiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many genes implicated in schizophrenia can be related to glutamatergic transmission and neuroplasticity, oligodendrocyte function, and other families clearly related to neurobiology and schizophrenia phenotypes. Others appear rather to be involved in the life cycles of the pathogens implicated in the disease. For example, aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA), PLA2, SIAT8B, GALNT7, or B3GAT1 metabolize chemical ligands to which the influenza virus, herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus (CMV), rubella, or Toxoplasma gondii bind. The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGR/EGFR) is used by the CMV to gain entry to cells, and a CMV gene code...
Source: Schizophrenia Bulletin - October 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Carter, C.J. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: journals

Measles outbreak in Styria, Austria, March-May 2009.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the last week of March 2009, five measles cases among students of an anthroposophic school were reported to the public health authorities in the Austrian province of Styria where only five cases had been reported in the whole of 2008. A descriptive epidemiological investigation of the measles outbreak was performed. Between 2 March and 10 May 2009, 37 cases of measles were identified in Styria: 33 confirmed outbreak cases and four probable outbreak cases. The measles outbreak spread from the general population (12 cases) to an anthroposophic community (25 cases). Cases outside of the anthroposophic community were mo...
Source: Euro Surveill - October 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kasper S, Holzmann H, Aberle S, Wassermann-Neuhold M, Gschiel H, Feenstra O, Allerberger F, Schmid D Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals

Interindividual variations in the efficacy and toxicity of vaccines.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A number of currently available vaccines have shown significant differences in the magnitude of immune responses and toxicity in individuals undergoing vaccination. A number of factors may be involved in the variations in immune responses, which include age, gender, race, amount and quality of the antigen, the dose administered and to some extent the route of administration, and genetics of immune system. Hence, it becomes imperative that researchers have tools such as genomics and proteomics at their disposal to predict which set of population is more likely to be non-responsive or develop toxicity to vaccines. In thi...
Source: Toxicology - October 14, 2009 Category: Toxicology Authors: Thomas C, Moridani M Tags: Toxicology Source Type: journals

Physical interventions and injection techniques for reducing injection pain during routine childhood immunizations: systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized controlled trials.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Pain during immunization can be decreased by: (1) injecting the least painful formulation of a vaccine; (2) having the child sit up (or holding an infant); (3) stroking the skin or applying pressure close to the injection site before and during injection; (4) injecting the least painful vaccine first when 2 vaccines are being administered sequentially during a single office visit; and (5) performing a rapid intramuscular injection without aspiration. PMID: 19781436 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Clinical Therapeutics)
Source: Clinical Therapeutics - October 14, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Taddio A, Ilersich AL, Ipp M, Kikuta A, Shah V, Tags: Clin Ther Source Type: journals

Learn. Act. Give.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you’re a loyal reader of the Red Cross blog, you saw our President & CEO Gail McGovern’s post earlier this week, which mentioned our flagship global health partnership – the Measles Initiative. Her timing couldn’t have been any better. After a year’s worth of work, we re-launched the initiative’s Web site today to better showcase the work of the American Red Cross and our partners in developing nations as well as highlight the grassroots advocacy efforts across theUnited States. As we were uploading photos and placing spots on the interactive map from our headquarters in Washington, DC, community healt...
Source: Red Cross Chat - October 14, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Abi Weaver Tags: Volunteers Video International Source Type: organizations

More Than Two Million Children In Tajikistan Vaccinated Against Measles And RubellaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More than 2.2 million children in Tajikistan have been vaccinated during a national measles and rubella immunization campaign, which ends today. "More than 97 percent of children aged 1 to 14 years around the country have been vaccinated thanks to a joint effort between the Ministry of Health and its international partners," said Nusratullo Salimov, Tajikistan's Minister of Health. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news

Rubella virus vaccine live: Relapse of systemic type JIA in a child: case reportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Reactions)
Source: Reactions - October 12, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Short communication Source Type: journals

Ongoing rubella outbreak in Bosnia and Herzegovina, March-July 2009--preliminary report.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Between 24 March and 31 July 2009, 342 clinically diagnosed cases of rubella were notified in five municipalities in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fourteen cases were laboratory-confirmed by positive IgG against rubella virus. Four virus isolates were obtained and identified as genotype 2B strains, with one isolate differing by a single mutation in the region of the E1 gene. This ongoing outbreak revealed gaps in the immunisation programme during the war in BiH (1992-1995) and highlights the need to revise legislation to permit immunisation of children above 14 years of age with measles, mumps, rubella (MMR...
Source: Euro Surveill - October 11, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Novo A, Huebschen JM, Muller CP, Tesanovic M, Bojanic J Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals

No Scientific Link Between Childhood Vaccines And Autism, Review ShowsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new article explores vaccination history, vaccine safety monitoring systems in the US, and the two most publicized theoretical vaccine-related exposures associated with autism -- the vaccine preservative thimerosal and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. A review of published research shows that there is not convincing scientific evidence supporting a relationship between vaccines and autism. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 10, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: news

Childhood Vaccines And Autism: No Scientific Link FoundEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new article recently published in the Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing explored vaccination history, vaccine safety monitoring systems in the U.S., and the two most publicized theoretical vaccine-related exposures associated with autism - the vaccine preservative thimerosal and the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news

Historical Data Shows Vaccines are Not what Saved UsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(NaturalNews) With all of the hype surrounding the H1N1 swine flu virus lately, everyone is very concerned with the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and rightly so. This is a very important question that we must all ask ourselves and find out what the truth is. As the debate rages on an even more important question has rarely been asked. Do vaccines even protect you from the viruses and illnesses that they claim to?If you only get your news and information from mainstream news and educational sources, then the question about whether vaccines are effective is never even raised. This lack of discussion give the percepti...
Source: NaturalNews.com - October 9, 2009 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

No scientific link between childhood vaccines and autismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Wiley-Blackwell) A new article recently published in the Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing explored vaccination history, vaccine safety monitoring systems in the US, and the two most publicized theoretical vaccine-related exposures associated with autism -- the vaccine preservative thimerosal and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. A review of published research shows that there is not convincing scientific evidence supporting a relationship between vaccines and autism. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Measles outbreak in Styria, Austria, March-May 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the last week of March 2009, five measles cases among students of an anthroposophic school were reported to the public health authorities in the Austrian province of Styria where only five cases had been reported in the whole of 2008. A descriptive epidemiological investigation of the measles outbreak was performed. Between 2 March and 10 May 2009, 37 cases of measles were identified in Styria: 33 confirmed outbreak cases and four probable outbreak cases. The measles outbreak spread from the general population (12 cases) to an anthroposophic community (25 cases). Cases outside of the anthroposophic community were mostly...
Source: Eurosurveillance latest news - October 8, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals

GSK expands presence in China through strategic cooperationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Jiangsu Walvax Biotech Company (Walvax) have announced a cooperation agreement to form a long-term Joint Venture (JV) to develop and manufacture paediatric vaccines for use in China. The JV will produce vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) (Priorix™) and potentially other paediatric vaccines. GSK will also transfer the technology to enable the JV to manufacture the vaccines locally over time. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - October 6, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Ongoing rubella outbreak in Bosnia and Herzegovina, March-July 2009 - preliminary reportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Between 24 March and 31 July 2009, 342 clinically diagnosed cases of rubella were notified in five municipalities in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fourteen cases were laboratory-confirmed by positive IgG against rubella virus. Four virus isolates were obtained and identified as genotype 2B strains, with one isolate differing by a single mutation in the region of the E1 gene. This ongoing outbreak revealed gaps in the immunisation programme during the war in BiH (1992-1995) and highlights the need to revise legislation to permit immunisation of children above 14 years of age with measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) va...
Source: Eurosurveillance latest news - October 1, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals

When Does the Rash of Roseola Occur?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion Rashes, particularly ones caused by viruses, are common presenting problems. In his first edition of Pediatrics, Dr. Rotch spent 72 pages describing infectious exanthemata. The cause of the exanthemata was unknown at the time, and thankfully many of those that he wrote of have been eradicated (smallpox), have effective vaccines to prevent (measles, rubella, varicella) or effective antibiotics for treatment (streptococcus). Dr. Rotch ends his extensive treatise with a table describing “the chief points of differential diagnosis in the exanthemata.” This is what was state-of-the-art in 1896 with his s...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 28, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: info

Rubella vaccination and transitory false-positive test results for human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 in blood donors.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19788507 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Transfusion)
Source: Transfusion - September 23, 2009 Category: Hematology Authors: Araujo PR Tags: Transfusion Source Type: journals

Boosting Vaccines: The Power of Adjuvants (preview)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The thought of birth defects caused by rubella, rows of iron lungs housing children crippled by polio, or the horrific sound of a baby struggling with whooping cough can still evoke dread among people who have seen firsthand the damage inflicted by these and other vaccine-preventable diseases. Fortunately, those scourges are virtually unknown to modern generations that have had access to vaccines all their lives.For more than 200 years vaccines have proved to be one of the most successful, lifesaving and economical methods of preventing infectious disease, second only to the sanitization of water. Vaccines have spared mill...
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - September 23, 2009 Category: Science Tags: Biology,Chemistry,Health,Technology,What ' s Next,Science in Service Source Type: journals

NICE costing template on reducing the differences in uptake of immunisations in children and young peopleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: NICE Area: News The costing statement accompany the NICE public health guidance on reducing the differences in uptake of immunisations in children and young people notes that the national resources required to implement the recommendations made cannot be quantified. Many public sector organisations already have strategies, policies and procedures in place to support immunisation programmes and should be able to implement the recommendations using existing resources. The government already funds immunisation programmes and the Department of Health has made additional funding available for mea...
Source: NeLM - Immunology and vaccination - September 22, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: organizations

Understanding and Determining the Etiology of Autism.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Worldwide, the rate of autism has been steadily rising. There are several environmental factors in concert with genetic susceptibilities that are contributing to this rise. Impaired methylation and mutations of mecp2 have been associated with autistic spectrum disorders, and related Rett syndrome. Genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 enzymes have also been linked to autism, specifically CYP27B1 that is essential for proper vitamin D metabolism. Vitamin D is important for neuronal growth and neurodevelopment, and defects in metabolism or deficiency have been implicated in autistic individuals. Other factors that hav...
Source: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology - September 22, 2009 Category: Cytology Authors: Currenti SA Tags: Cell Mol Neurobiol Source Type: journals

National, state, and local area vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 13-17 years--United States, 2008.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This report summarizes results from the 2008 NIS-Teen and, for the first time, includes estimates for each of the 50 states and selected local areas. Nationally, vaccination coverage for the three most recently recommended adolescent vaccinations and one childhood vaccination increased from 2007 to 2008: MCV4 (from 32.4% to 41.8%), Tdap (from 30.4% to 40.8%), >/=1 dose of HPV4 (from 25.1% to 37.2%), and >/=2 doses of VAR among those without disease history (from 18.8% to 34.1%). However, substantial variability in vaccination coverage was observed in 2008 among state and local areas and by race/ethnicity and poverty ...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - September 17, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: journals

Replication of rubella vaccine population genetic studies: Validation of HLA genotype and humoral response associations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study provides confirmatory evidence for an association between specific class I and II HLA markers and haplotypes with rubella vaccine-induced humoral responses and lends further weight to their influence on rubella immune responses. PMID: 19761839 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - September 13, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Ovsyannikova IG, Jacobson RM, Vierkant RA, O'Byrne MM, Poland GA Tags: vaccine Source Type: journals

Medical and Nursing Students with Suboptimal Protective Immunity against Vaccine‐Preventable Diseases • Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. We have determined that there is a certain proportion of healthcare students who are susceptible to certain vaccine‐preventable diseases. The development of an appropriate vaccination strategy is required to decrease the risk of transmission in a hospital setting. (Source: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Latest Issue)
Source: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Latest Issue - September 10, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Tags: article Original Article Source Type: journals

[Current vaccination coverage and immunization gaps of children and adolescents in Germany.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Available data show increasing vaccination coverage of children and adolescents in recent years in Germany. Vaccination coverage of children against diphtheria, tetanus, polio and haemophilus influenzae Type b is high. Vaccination gaps exist for pertussis, hepatitis B and for the second measles, mumps and rubella doses. Coverage is still insufficient to achieve effective herd immunity and measles elimination. Data from the representative German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents reveal that vaccination of infants is markedly delayed compared to recommendations of the German Standing Co...
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - September 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Reiter S, Poethko-Müller C Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: journals

Measles mumps and rubella vaccine uptake fails to riseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Uptake of the MMR jab for measles mumps and rubella has failed to rise despite warnings from health experts. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Years After MMR2, Kids Have Low Rubella Antibody TitersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Over time, vaccine-induced rubella antibody levels decline and seronegativity rates rise, leaving children vulnerable to infection, public health officials report. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - September 3, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info

Immunizations in Adult Patients with Systemic SclerosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, there is potential for serious illness and death in the underimmunization of high-risk patients, including those with SSc, and every effort should be made to ensure adequate protection through immunization. (Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - August 31, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Odile Launay, Loic Guillevin, Luc Mouthon Tags: Part IV. Infections and Autoimmunity Source Type: journals

Historical facts about the dangers (and failures) of vaccinesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(NaturalNews) Vaccines are the quackery of modern medicine. Mass vaccination programs not only fail to protect the population from infectious disease, they actually accelerate the spread of disease in many cases.Many website have cropped up over the last few years to counter the pro-vaccine propaganda put out by drug companies (who profit from vaccines) and health regulators (who serve the drug companies). One of those sites is www.VaccinationDebate.com , which lists the following historical facts about vaccines:• In the USA in 1960, two virologists discovered that both polio vaccines were contaminated with the SV 40 ...
Source: NaturalNews.com - August 29, 2009 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Medical and Nursing Students with Suboptimal Protective Immunity against Vaccine‐Preventable DiseasesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. We have determined that there is a certain proportion of healthcare students who are susceptible to certain vaccine‐preventable diseases. The development of an appropriate vaccination strategy is required to decrease the risk of transmission in a hospital setting. (Source: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Latest Issue)
Source: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Latest Issue - August 26, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Tags: article Original Article Source Type: journals

Judge: Petitioners Failed To Demonstrate Causation Of Measles Vaccine To AutismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ruling that the "cornerstone" issue of whether Theresa Cedillo had persistent measles vaccine in her body was undermined by an unreliable laboratory, a U.S. Court of Claims judge on Aug. 6 affirmed a Vaccine Court special master's conclusion that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine did not cause the girl's autism (Theresa Cedillo, et al. v. Secretary, No. 98-916V, Fed. Clms.; 2009 U.S. Claims LEXIS 270; See July 2009, Page 4). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - August 21, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: info

Judge: Special Master Correctly Found Petition Had 'Two Cardinal Flaws'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Saying the special master hearing the case had identified "two cardinal flaws" in the petitioners claims that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine caused their child's autism, a federal judge on July 24 affirmed the special master's denial of Vaccine Act benefits while acknowledging that the government's greater access to some of the evidence was "troubling" (Rolf and Angela Hazlehurst v. Secretary, No. 03-654V, Fed. Clms.; 2009 U.S. Claims LEXIS 252 Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - August 21, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: info

Judge: Master's Denial Of Benefits To Autistic Child Entailed No Significant ErrorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Saying special masters' factual findings are "virtually unreviewable" and their conduct of proceedings are accorded great deference, a federal judge on Aug. 11 affirmed the denial of Vaccine Act compensation to a boy who claimed that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine caused his autism (Colten Snyder, et al. v. Secretary, No. 01-162V; Fed. Clms.; 2009 U.S. Claims LEXIS 280; See February 2009, Page 4). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Thimerosal & Vaccines Legal News - August 21, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: info

Investigation of a mumps outbreak among university students with two measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccinations, Virginia, September-December 2006Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Following the clinical diagnosis of the first case of mumps on September 22, 2006 at the University of Virginia (UVA), 52 suspected cases were identified through active surveillance for mumps by the end of December 2006. Samples were collected from 47 students who presented with parotitis despite a documented history of two doses of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Six of 47 serum samples (13%) were positive for mumps IgM, and 46/47 specimens were positive for mumps IgG. Endpoint titration of acute phase serum samples from laboratory-confirmed cases did not provide evidence that elevated serum IgG is a consistent...
Source: Journal of Medical Virology - August 19, 2009 Category: Virology Authors: J.S. Rota, J.C. Turner, M.K. Yost-Daljev, M. Freeman, D.M. Toney, E. Meisel, N. Williams, S.B. Sowers, L. Lowe, P.A. Rota, L.A. Nicolai, L. Peake, W.J. Bellini Tags: Research Article Source Type: journals

Bovine and porcine gelatin sensitivity in children sensitized to milk and meatEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To the Editor: Gelatin is a protein derived from collagen, and it is obtained principally from cow and pig bones, hides, and fish skin. It is a common ingredient in foods such as jellies, sweets, yogurt, and frozen desserts. It is also found in lunch meats, and it is used extensively as clarifying agents in wine, juices, and other beverages. Bovine and porcine gelatins, in particular, also have numerous applications throughout the pharmaceutical industry as integral components in drug capsules, plasma expanders, and stabilizers in vaccines, including measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), varicella, yellow fever, rabies, and s...
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - August 10, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Jelena Bogdanovic, Neal A. Halsey, Robert A. Wood, Robert G. Hamilton Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals

Persistence of Rubella Antibodies after 2 Doses of Measles‐Mumps‐Rubella VaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Rubella antibody response to MMR2 was vigorous, but titers decreased to pre‐MMR2 levels after 12 years. Because rubella is a highly epidemic disease, vigilance will be required to assure continued elimination. (Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Issue)
Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - August 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article MAJOR ARTICLE Source Type: journals

Immunization Programs for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 000, Latest Articles. Evidence‐based guidelines for immunization of infants, children, adolescents, and adults have been prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). These updated guidelines replace the previous immunization guidelines published in 2002. These guidelines are prepared for health care professionals who care for either immunocompetent or immunocompromised people of all ages. Since 2002, the capacity to prevent more infectious diseases has increased markedly for several reasons: new vaccines have been licensed (h...
Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - August 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article IDSA GUIDELINES Source Type: journals

A combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine (Priorix-Tetra): Immunogenicity and safety profile.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Priorix-Tetra (GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals) is a combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine. Eight studies involving more than 3000 children were reviewed. Compared with co-administration of MMR (Priorix) and varicella (Varilrix) vaccines, the MMRV vaccine showed: similar immunogenicity, with immunity shown up to 3 years post-vaccination; a higher rate of fever after the first dose; a slight increase in mild local reactions after the second dose. This MMRV vaccine can be used either as a two-dose vaccine or as a second dose in children primed with separate MMR and/or varicella vaccines, offering a co...
Source: Vaccine - August 5, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Czajka H, Schuster V, Zepp F, Esposito S, Douha M, Willems P Tags: vaccine Source Type: journals

Rotavirus vaccine induced diarrhea in a child with severe combined immune deficiencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To the Editor: Rotavirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children worldwide, and accounts for more than 2.5 million deaths annually. Two live oral vaccines for rotavirus are currently licensed: RotaTeq (CSL Limited, Parkville, Victoria, Australia), a pentavalent bovine-human reassortant vaccine, and Rotarix (GlaxoSmithKline [GSK] Australia Pty Ltd, Boronia, Victoria, Australia), a human monovalent vaccine. Both vaccines became available on the Australian National Immunization Program in July 2007 with RotaTeq given on the National Immunization Program schedule at 2, 4, and 6 months of age. Live ...
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - August 5, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Rebecca L. Werther, Nigel W. Crawford, Karen Boniface, Carl D. Kirkwood, Joanne M. Smart Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals

Rubella seroprevalence among primary and pre- primary school pupils at Moi's Bridge location, Uasin Gishu District, Kenya.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The study provides important and highly useful information on rubella age specific seroprevalence rates in Kenya. Advancing age was found to be associated with increased risk of rubella. Low socio-economic factors suggest an increased risk of infection in certain categories of society, and control measures need to target this. Overall, the findings can also be used by policy makers to model introduction of routine rubella vaccination in the country and also other developing countries facing similar challenges. More than half of the children got infected in pre-primary and efforts to control rubella should targe...
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - July 28, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Janeth KombichPaul MuchaiPeter TukeiPeter Borus Source Type: journals