Background Immunization coverage for three doses of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and
poliomyelitis vaccines in infants is high worldwide, therefore despite the lack of …

Background: Data on vaccination coverage in recently arrived refugee children are essential
to formulate catch-up recommendations.“Overimmunizing” is costly and associated with risks …

The ability of vaccine antigen to generate protection is a challenge that cannot be restricted
to the antibody response; however, the contribution of T cell-mediated mechanisms has not …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend routine
adult booster vaccination for tetanus and diphtheria after completion of the childhood …

Tetanus remains a major worldwide public health problem. New borns and infants in
developing countries are most concerned by this high mortality. Only the adult disease does …

Background. In 2010, mass vaccination with a then-new meningococcal A polysaccharide–
tetanus toxoid protein conjugate vaccine (PsA-TT, or MenAfriVac) was undertaken in 1-to 29 …

Background Unknowing immunity status make migrants vaccine catch-up difficult. The
interest of using a rapid tetanus immunotest as the Tétanos Quick Stick®(TQS®) to assess …

Methods: After a careful assessment by vaccination services of the Local Health Authority, all
migrants recently arrived in Italy were included in the serosurvey. Titers of anti-tetanus toxoid …

Tetanus toxoid (TT) coverage is routinely monitored in developing countries by the TT2+
method, in which the reported number of protective doses of TT (TT2, TT3, TT4 and TT5) …

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EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME ÉLARGI DE VACCINATION …