DPT vaccine - abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood vaccine, vaccinum - immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimu...
The Institute of Medicine reports on DPT and rubella vaccine safetyInpharma Weekly -doi:10.2165/00128413-199208220-00046NoneSpringer International PublishingInpharma Weekly
International public-health programmes responded appropriately decades ago by focusing on the delivery of basic childhood immunizations — bacille Calmette- Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis, live oral polio vaccine, diphtheria-whole cell pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine, monovalent measles vaccine ...
), is enough to keep us pregnant moms up worrying about what all the damage we can do to our unborn child while we toss and turn. One study showed exactly this –asking women to make sure they slept on their left sides results indecreased overall sleep time....
In order to combat COVID-19 disease, several vaccine candidates are in the development pipeline using a variety of platforms including some based on viral vectors (non-replicating and replicating viral), recombinant peptide/protein subunit/virus-like particles (VLPs), nucleic acid (RNA and DNA),...
immunological pathways. This finding provides a new conceptual framework to understand the safe immune-boosting effect ofW. somniferaand possibly other medicinal plants. Furthermore, the finding opens a new opportunity to facilitate the development of safe immunotherapeutic agents, such as vaccine adjuvant...
over-used and under-guaranteed vaccine program. I believed in those vaccines. I trusted those people who told me that my child needed them. Life was easier not knowing the truth. But once I knew to question what I had been told, it was too late. It was too late to trust and also ...
Malaria is a major public health problem in Ghana. We present a site-specific entomological study of malaria vectors and transmission indices as part of an effort to develop a site for the testing of improved control strategies including possible vaccine trials. Methods Pyrethrum spray catches (PSC...
The window of opportunity to prevent the co-occurrence of diarrhoea, fever, and ARI in children under 5 years old is crucial during the age range of 2 to 5 years. The window of opportunity to prevent these childhood illnesses relates to the proper nutrition and follow of timely immunisation ...
Health Net, a strong supporter of wellness, suggests that parents update their children's immunization schedules for the DPT vaccine (for tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis), polio, MMR (for measles, mumps, and rubella), haemophilus influenza (for meningitis), hepatitis B, and varicella (for ch...