Allergy/Immunology

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• Growing number of children at risk for dengue fever linked to travel to endemic countries

• December 7, 2011
• PHILADELPHIA — Proper education about dengue fever is needed for parents and children of immigrant families who are from dengue-endemic countries....More »

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• Japanese encephalitis vaccine campaign effective in Nepal

• December 7, 2011
• PHILADELPHIA — A live-attenuated Japanese encephalitis vaccine campaign was effective at reducing disease incidence in Nepal. Therefore, researchers...More »

• Pertussis outbreak in NY ongoing

• November 30, 2011
• What started out as a small pocket of about a dozen patients with pertussis in one area of Long Island, N.Y., has spread and now includes upward of 200...More »

• Changes coming to allergy immunotherapy

• HemOnc Today, December 10, 2011
• Allergy immunotherapy typically takes months to years until complete resolution of symptoms, but new findings indicate that a different approach may be...More »

• Current trivalent flu vaccine lacked efficacy, improvements needed

• October 27, 2011
• Significant evidence of efficacy is lacking for the current licensed influenza vaccines in the United States, and better vaccines are needed to provide...More »

• Influenza vaccine less effective in overweight, obese people

• October 25, 2011
• Obesity may render the annual influenza vaccine ineffective, according to data from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their...More »

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• Two-dose varicella vaccination strategy yielded reductions in disease incidence

• October 23, 2011
• BOSTON — The introduction of the two-dose varicella vaccination program in 2006 led to reductions of disease in parts of California and Pennsylvania,...More »

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• Rotavirus decreased in adults after widespread vaccination among children

• October 22, 2011
• BOSTON — Rotavirus prevalence decreased by nearly 50% in a cohort of adults after vaccination for the infection was introduced, according to findings...More »

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• Added serotypes in PHiD-CV led to further reductions in IPD incidence

• September 20, 2011
• CHICAGO — The pneumococcal Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine enhanced reductions in invasive pneumococcal disease incidence first seen...More »

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• More work to do in fight against bacterial meningitis

• September 20, 2011
• CHICAGO — Recently published data, which demonstrate that bacterial meningitis cases in the United States fell by 31% between 1998 and 2007, suggest that...More »

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