Age and location in severity of COVID‐19 pathology: Do lactoferrin and pneumococcal vaccination explain low infant mortality and regional differences?

R Root‐Bernstein - BioEssays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Two conundrums puzzle COVID‐19 investigators: 1) morbidity and mortality is rare among
infants and young children and 2) rates of morbidity and mortality exhibit large variances …

Factors influencing adults' immunization practices: a pilot survey study of a diverse, urban community in central Ohio

AM Sevin, C Romeo, B Gagne, NV Brown, JL Rodis - BMC Public Health, 2016 - Springer
Background Adult vaccination rates in the United States are well below recommendations
with disparities in race, ethnicity, and education level resulting in even lower rates for these …

Higher risk for incident heart failure and cardiovascular mortality among community‐dwelling octogenarians without pneumococcal vaccination

MB Ahmed, K Patel, GC Fonarow, CJ Morgan… - ESC heart …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Octogenarians have the highest incidence of heart failure (HF) that is not fully
explained by traditional risk factors. We explored whether lack of pneumococcal vaccination …

Factors associated with pneumococcal vaccination among an urban elderly population in China

S Liu, E Xu, Y Liu, Y Xu, J Wang, J Du… - Human Vaccines & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To investigate the coverage of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide
vaccine (23-PPV) in the Chinese urban elderly population and to understand the attitudes …

Healthcare utilisation and cost expenditures for pneumonia in individuals with diabetes mellitus in the USA

K Liu, GC Lee - Epidemiology & Infection, 2019 - cambridge.org
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of hospitalisations among adults in the USA.
Individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) have been associated with increased risk for …

Knowledge, activation, and costs of the Pharmacists' Pneumonia Prevention Program (PPPP): a novel senior center model to promote vaccination

LT Pizzi, KM Prioli, L Fields Harris… - Annals of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Vaccination is the best way to prevent pneumococcal disease (PD), but 40% of
older adults remain unvaccinated nationwide, with even greater nonvaccination rates …

Understanding black patients' refusal of pneumococcal vaccination

T Brown, SN Goldman, F Acosta, AM Garrett… - Journal of racial and …, 2017 - Springer
Objective Racial disparities in rates of pneumococcal vaccine (PPSV23) exist. In one
practice, 3.1% of white patients refused PPSV23 following doctor recommendation, whereas …

Vaccination in the prevention of infectious respiratory diseases in adults

F Lundgren, B Maranhão, R Martins… - Revista da Associação …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
SciELO - Brasil - Vaccination in the prevention of infectious respiratory diseases in adults
Vaccination in the prevention of infectious respiratory diseases in adults Acessibilidade …

Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccination in older adults

E Rightmier, V Stevens, J Brown - The American Journal of Geriatric …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are a major cause of morbidity and
mortality in older adults. Vaccination in older adults is intended to prevent S pneumoniae …

Exploring beliefs about pneumococcal vaccination in a predominantly older African American population: the Pharmacists' Pneumonia Prevention Program (PPPP)

JJ Schafer, J McRae, KM Prioli, LF Harris… - Ethnicity & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To assess the association of the Pharmacists' Pneumonia Prevention Program
(PPPP) with changes in beliefs related to pneumonia vaccination (PV) in a predominately …