OBJECTIVE To quantify the association between household-level and provider-level determinants and childhood immunization rates in Cameroon while also calculating the cost of childhood immunizations. METHODS This study uses multilevel regression analysis to calculate these relationships. The 1998 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey and the 2000 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey are the main...

the effect of anti-follicular stimulating hormone (fsh) on testicular lipid and the specific activity of testicular enzymes of the isocitrate dehydrogenase (icdh), pyruvate/malate dehydrogenase (mdh) and malic enzyme involved in lipogenesis were studied in mature bonnet monkeys, macaca radiata. immunization of monkey with anti-fsh for 24 days did not produce any significant changes in the body ...

the main aim of this study was to find a suitable rabies vaccination protocol which would allow usage of lower volumes of vaccine, fewer clinical visits and above all, enough serological effectiveness for high-risk individuals requiring pre-exposure immunization. human diploid cell rabies vaccine was administered intradermally and intramuscularly in 60 previously unvaccinated volunteers, aged 1...

objective(s): enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (etec) strains are one of the primary causes of diarrhea in newborn calves and in humans, pigs, and sheep. igy technology has been identified as a promising alternative to generating a mass amount of specific antibody for use in immunotherapy and immunodiagnostics. the purpose of this study was to produce specific antibody by egg yolk antibody (igy...

in 1974, the world health organization (who) established the expanded program on immunization (epi) to ensure that all children have access to routinely recommended vaccines. since then, global coverage with the four core vaccines (bacille calmette guérin vaccine [for protection against tuberculosis], diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine [dtp], polio vaccine, and measles vaccine) has increased ...

infectious bursal disease virus (ibdv) infects young chickens and causes serious lose to the poultry industry, worldwide. previous attempts using purified bacterially expressed ibdv vp2 failed to elicit a protective immune response to the virus. this study was designed to investigate if the initial expressed protein contained neutralizing epitopes but became nonfunctional during purification st...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of home visiting programmes on the uptake of childhood immunization. METHODS A systematic review was carried out of the literature of controlled studies evaluating home visiting programmes involving at least one post-natal visit, which included tasks within the remit of British health visiting and reporting outcomes relevant to...

this survey was carried out on children less than five years of age from rural areas of three provinces in iran (west azarbaijan, bushehre, and central province), with different health care delivery systems and various types of immunization scheme, to determine the immune status of measles and the vaccine coverage. our results indicate that the rates of measles immunity and vaccine coverage for...