Seroepidemiology, the use of data on the prevalence of bio‐markers of infection or
vaccination, is a potentially powerful tool to understand the epidemiology of infection before …

Serosurveys are important tools for estimating population immunity and providing
immunization activity guidance. The measles and rubella multiplex bead assay (MBA) offers …

Background Despite high childhood immunization coverage, sporadic cases of diphtheria
have been reported in Malaysia in recent years. This study aims to evaluate the …

Background A serosurvey to evaluate population immunity to polioviruses (PVs) in the
context of the importation-related wild PV1 outbreak in Tajikistan in 2010 (461 confirmed …

Background Tajikistan, considered highly endemic area for hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a pre-
vaccine era, introduced hepatitis B vaccine in 2002 and reported≥ 80% coverage with three …

We validated a multiplex bead assay for diphtheria toxoid IgG antibodies against the Vero
cell toxin neutralization test using 1300 specimens (correlation= 0.88). At the≥ 0.01 IU/mL …

Background: There is a noticeable difference in serologic immune status against tetanus
among different age and social groups in various countries due to different national …

Background: Diphtheria is considered as a neglected disease since it was successfully
eliminated in many countries. However, there were several sporadic re-emergence cases of …

INTRODUCTION: Measles and rubella are highly contagious viral diseases. Measles
remains one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable deaths, and rubella during …

The human immune response is regulated by a wide array of genes located across the
genome. Lymphocytes use germline rearrangement of T and B cell receptor genes to create …