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PMID:  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006 Feb 3 ;55(4):97-9. PMID: 16456525 Abstract Title:  Imported vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis–United States, 2005. Abstract:  Paralytic poliomyelitis is rare in the United States because of the success of universal childhood immunization and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Poliovirus vaccine was introduced in the 1950s. Since then, the United States …

Continue reading “This case highlights the previously unrecognized risk for paralytic polio among unvaccinated persons exposed to oral polio vaccine during travel abroad.”

PMID:  J Med Assoc Thai. 2000 Sep ;83(9):1124-6. PMID: 11075984 Abstract Title:  Guillain – Barre' syndrome following recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and literature review. Abstract:  A 17 year-old woman developed progressive quadriparesis with bilateral facial diplegia after immunization with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine 3 days prior. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed acellular fluid with high protein …

Continue reading “A case report of progressive quadriparesis with bilateral facial diplegia after immunization with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine 3 days prior.”

PMID:  Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2012 ;2012:323625. Epub 2012 Dec 5. PMID: 23259096 Abstract Title:  Guillain-Barré Syndrome after H1N1 Shot in Pregnancy: Maternal and Fetal Care in the Third Trimester-Case Report. Abstract:  Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare neurological disease of progressive installation, usually following a previous acute infectious state, has a rare incidence, especially in …

Continue reading “A case report of shoulder and lumbar spine’s pain, limbs weakness and facial paralysis with unfavorable clinical evolution 10 days following the H1N1 vaccination in the third trimester.”

PMID:  Dev Biol (Basel). 2001 ;105:75-80. PMID: 11763340 Abstract Title:  Characteristics of poliovirus strains from long-term excretors with primary immunodeficiencies. Abstract:  Individuals who are deficient in humoral immunity are particularly at risk from infection with enteroviruses, and poliovirus in particular, where antibodies are the main source of protection from disease. Long-term excretion of vaccine strains …

Continue reading “Long-term excretion of vaccine strains of poliovirus has been documented for many years and instances of paralytic poliomyelitis in hypogammaglobulinaemic patients who were subsequently found to have been excreting virus for prolonged periods are reported”

PMID:  Ethiop Med J. 2011 Oct ;49(4):373-6. PMID: 23409403 Abstract Title:  Case report of post sheep brain rabies vaccine neuroparalytic complications at Tikur Anbessa Teaching Hospital, in Ethiopia. Abstract:  We report four cases of ascending paralysis admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) within six months period between December 2010 and June 2011 following administration …

Continue reading “Four case reports of ascending paralysis following administration of sheep brain tissue anti-rabies vaccine for presumed rabies exposure.”

PMID:  J Neuroimmunol. 1998 Nov 2 ;91(1-2):63-72. PMID: 9846820 Abstract Title:  Antibodies to human myelin proteins and gangliosides in patients with acute neuroparalytic accidents induced by brain-derived rabies vaccine. Abstract:  Antibody responses to myelin antigens were analysed in 15 patients who developed acute neuroparalytic accidents (ANPA) during post-exposure rabies vaccination using a rabies vaccine prepared …

Continue reading “These data suggest that antibodies to GM1 and GD1a gangliosides may play a pathogenic role in the demyelinating and/or inflammatory processes characteristic of rabies vaccine-induced acute neurologic complications.”

PMID:  Pan Afr Med J. 2016 ;24:154. Epub 2016 Jun 22. PMID: 27642491 Abstract Title:  Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance indicators in the Democratic Republic of Congo during 2008-2014. Abstract:  INTRODUCTION: The last wild poliovirus (WPV) case in Africa was reported in July 2014, thus underscoring the tremendous progress towards polio eradication worldwide. This study aimed …

Continue reading “Of the 13,749 acute flaccid paralysis cases investigated, 58.9% received at least three doses of oral polio vaccine.”

PMID:  Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2012 Apr-Jun;55(2):239-41. PMID: 22771654 Abstract Title:  Can influenza H1N1 vaccination lead to the membranous glomerulonephritis? Abstract:  In 2009 winter, Influenza A (H1N1) monovalent split virus vaccine was used prevalently in the whole world as a result of the pandemic caused by Influenza (H1N1) virus. The vaccine's adverse effects were observed …

Continue reading “A case report of a male who developed membranous glomerulonephritis 23 days after the vaccination against Influenza A (H1N1) virus.”

PMID:  Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2013 ;34(6):559-65. PMID: 24378456 Abstract Title:  Metal-induced inflammation triggers fibromyalgia in metal-allergic patients. Abstract:  BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a disease of unknown etiology. Inflammation could be one of the mechanisms behind this disease.OBJECTIVES: We studied the frequency and clinical relevance of metal allergy in FM patients.METHODS: Fifteen female FM patients were …

Continue reading “Metal-induced inflammation might be an important risk factor in a subset of patients with fibromyalgia.”

PMID:  Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2017 07 ;29(4):355-360. PMID: 28368979 Abstract Title:  Undifferentiated connective tissue disease, fibromyalgia and the environmental factors. Abstract:  PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this study was to discuss the role of environmental factors in the induction and perpetuation of autoimmunity, with particular focus on undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) and fibromyalgia. …

Continue reading “Undifferentiated connective tissue disease and fibromyalgia resemble the picture of Autoimmune/Inflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants.”