Monitoring adverse events following immunisation in developing countries: experience from human papillomavirus vaccination demonstration projects

Background: Surveillance of adverse events following immunisation (AEFIs) is important for maintaining trust in vaccination. This paper discusses retrospective reports by parents and guardians of girls experiencing AEFIs during human …

Changes in population HIV RNA levels in mbarara, Uganda, during scale-up of HIV antiretroviral therapy access

AbstractObjective: In a rural Ugandan community scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART), we sought to determine if population-based HIV RNA levels [population viral load (VL)] decreased from 2011 to 2012.Design: Serial …

Successful antiretroviral therapy delivery and retention in care among asymptomatic individuals with high CD4+ T-cell counts above 350 cells/IÄl in rural Uganda

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND: HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being rapidly scaled up in sub-Saharan Africa, including recently patients with CD4 T-cell counts above 350âÃècells/IÄl. However, concerns persist about adherence and …

Successful antiretroviral therapy delivery and retention in care among asymptomatic individuals with high CD4+T-cell counts above 350 cells/ml in rural Uganda

Background: HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being rapidly scaled up in sub-Saharan Africa, including recently patients with CD4+ T-cell counts above 350 cells/μl. However, concerns persist about adherence and virologic …

Comparative Analysis of Balloon Compression and Radiofrequency Ablation in Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Retrospective Study with a 24-Month Follow-up

Objective: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a common cause of facial pain, with a prevalence of 44) per million. This paper is a retrospective 24-month follow-up study of 20 patients with …

Computational analysis in designing T cell epitopes enriched peptides of Ebola glycoprotein exhibiting strong binding interaction with HLA molecules

Computational approach has shown remarkable progress in epitope mapping, paving the way to finding vaccine candidates against different viruses. In the current study, prediction algorithms and molecular docking were applied …

Conserved peptide vaccine candidates containing multiple Ebola nucleoprotein epitopes display interactions with diverse HLA molecules

Immunoinformatics has come by leaps and bounds to finding potent vaccine candidates against various pathogens. In the current study, a combination of different T (CD4(+) and CD8(+)) and B cell …

Post-COVID fungal infections of maxillofacial region: a systematic review: MKG

With the advent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a wide range of life-threatening maxillofacial fungal coinfections have also been observed in patients. We conducted this systematic review to collate and …

Use of community engagement interventions to improve child immunisation in lowâ and middleâincome countries: A systematic review and metaâanalysis

Immunisation is one of the most costâeffective interventions to prevent and control lifeâthreatening infectious diseases. Nonetheless, rates of routine vaccination of children in lowâ and middleâincome countries (LMICs) are strikingly …

Oral Glucose Tolerance Test among Adolescents with Impaired Fasting Blood Glucose