PMID: Environ Health Perspect. 2019 10 ;127(10):107002. Epub 2019 Oct 9. PMID: 31596602 Abstract Title: Air Pollution, Clustering of Particulate Matter Components, and Breast Cancer in the Sister Study: A U.S.-Wide Cohort. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Particulate matter (PM) is a complex mixture. Geographic variations in PM may explain the lack of consistent associations with breast cancer.OBJECTIVE: …
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The BexSero meningococcal B vaccine only protects against 73-88% of circulating strains.
PMID: J Infect. 2015 Dec ;71(6):611-4. Epub 2015 Oct 2. PMID: 26433141 Abstract Title: The introduction of the meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine (Bexsero®) into the national infant immunisation programme–New challenges for public health. Abstract: The United Kingdom is the first country to introduce Bexsero(®) (GSK Biologicals), a multicomponent, protein-based vaccine against meningococcal group B (MenB), …
There is little information on the safety of the second dose of mumps vaccine.
PMID: Vaccine. 2015 Nov 9 ;33(45):6049-53. Epub 2015 Oct 1. PMID: 26431987 Abstract Title: Effect of age on the incidence of aseptic meningitis following immunization with monovalent mumps vaccine. Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of aseptic meningitis after mumps vaccination in younger children compared with older children.METHODS: This …
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Two new vaccines have been licensed for meningococcal serotype B with no adequate data to guarantee herd protection, rule out antigenic changes over time, how long it provides “protection”, and whether or not it protects against additional strains.
PMID: Vaccine. 2015 Nov 27 ;33 Suppl 4:D32-8. Epub 2015 Jul 2. PMID: 26116255 Abstract Title: Vaccines for prevention of group B meningococcal disease: Not your father's vaccines. Abstract: For decades, there was no licensed vaccine for prevention of endemic capsular group B meningococcal disease, despite the availability of vaccines for prevention of the other …
A case report of severe upper extremity dysfunction in a young infant following the Bexsero meningococcal serogroup B vaccine.
PMID: Vaccine. 2018 01 2 ;36(1):29-35. Epub 2017 Nov 26. PMID: 29183735 Abstract Title: Meningococcal carriage among a university student population – United States, 2015. Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Several outbreaks of serogroup B meningococcal disease have occurred among university students in recent years. In the setting of high coverage of the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine and …
There is a diminished antibody response to the pertussis vaccine when inactivated poliovirus vaccine is combined with the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine.
PMID: Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Jan ;22(1):59-62. PMID: 8824967 Abstract Title: Effect of inactivated poliovirus vaccine on the antibody response to Bordetella pertussis antigens when combined with diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine. Abstract: To determine if inactivated poliovirus vaccine combined with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine interferes with the immunogenicity of pertussis vaccine, we performed …
This study provides evidence that simian virus 40 continues to infect humans long after vaccines were freed from contamination.
PMID: J Med Virol. 1998 Apr ;54(4):276-84. PMID: 9557293 Abstract Title: Serological evidence of SV40 infections in HIV-infected and HIV-negative adults. Abstract: SV40 is a simian polyomavirus that was a contaminant of some viral vaccines administered to people between 1955 and 1962. SV40 DNA has recently been found associated with several types of human tumors, …
There is an increase in adverse cardiorespiratory events following the first dose of DTP-IPV-Hib in preterm infants.
PMID: BMC Pediatr. 2006 Jun 19 ;6:20. Epub 2006 Jun 19. PMID: 16784533 Abstract Title: Frequency of apnea, bradycardia, and desaturations following first diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-inactivated polio-Haemophilus influenzae type B immunization in hospitalized preterm infants. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Adverse cardiorespiratory events including apnea, bradycardia, and desaturations have been described following administration of the first diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-inactivated polio-Haemophilus influenzae type …
DTaP-IPV-Hib vaccination was associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures on the day of the first 2 vaccinations given at 3 and 5 months.
PMID: JAMA. 2012 Feb 22 ;307(8):823-31. PMID: 22357833 Abstract Title: Risk of febrile seizures and epilepsy after vaccination with diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, and Haemophilus influenzae type B. Abstract: CONTEXT: Vaccination with whole-cell pertussis vaccine carries an increased risk of febrile seizures, but whether this risk applies to the acellular pertussis vaccine is …
There is evidence that both the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated polio vaccine allow for viral shedding.
PMID: PLoS Pathog. 2012 ;8(4):e1002599. Epub 2012 Apr 19. PMID: 22532797 Abstract Title: Systematic review of mucosal immunity induced by oral and inactivated poliovirus vaccines against virus shedding following oral poliovirus challenge. Abstract: Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) may be used in mass vaccination campaigns during the final stages of polio eradication. It is also likely …
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