Vaccinations and other vacillations

Vaccinations and Dravet Syndrome.

Investigators from various university hospitals, reference medical institutions and epilepsy centers, and the national institute for public health and environment in the Netherlands, studied the effect of vaccinations on seizure risk and disease course in patients with Dravet syndrome (DS).

Vaccinations of International Travelers

High school females and those with other vaccinations most likely to complete the Human Papillomavirus vaccine

OBJECTIVE Adolescent females' HPV vaccine completion in the U.S. is low. More recent research is needed to investigate factors that relate to HPV vaccine completion among female adolescents in the United States. METHODS Provider-validated data from the 2012 National Immunization Survey-Teen for females ages 13-17 years (N = 9058) were analyzed from February-May 2014 using survey sample weight...

Diminished immune response to vaccinations in obesity: role of myeloid-derived suppressor and other myeloid cells.

Obesity is a chronic inflammatory condition associated with an increased production of cytokines and exacerbated immune response. However, obese subjects are susceptible to infections and respond poorly to vaccines. This study evaluated the immune responses of obese mice and the underlying mechanisms by exploring the roles of myeloid cells. Diet-induced obese (DIO) mice were prepared from C57BL...

Meningococcal Vaccinations

Neisseria meningitidis, a gram-negative diplococcal bacterium, is a common asymptomatic nasopharyngeal colonizer that may infrequently lead to invasive disease in the form of meningitis or bacteremia. Six serogroups (A, B, C, W, X and Y) are responsible for the majority of invasive infections. Increased risk of disease occurs in specific population groups including infants, adolescents, those w...