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WHAT'S NEW THIS SUNDAY: THREE ON HEP B

· THREE ON HEP B   · HIV–HBV COINFECTION HIV–HBV Coinfection — A Global Challenge Athena P. Kourtis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Marc Bulterys, M.D., Ph.D., Dale J. Hu, M.D., M.P.H., and Denise J. Jamieson, M.D., ... read more

--- Horizontal Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus ...

· HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS—WHY DISCUSS WHEN WE CAN VACCINATE? ‘[A] global policy of universal HBV vaccination is ultimately the only way to eliminate HBV transmission and prevent serious HBV-related liver d ... read more

--- Vaccination of Health Care Workers

    VACCINATION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS ‘Vaccination of health care workers to protect patients at increased risk for acute respiratory disease,’ Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 18, Number 8— August 2012 Gayl ... read more

--- Vaccines versus Viruses

  VACCINES VS VIRUSES New York Times, 23 July 2012 Q. Why didn’t viruses like polio and other diseases mutate to become immune to vaccines? A. “Bacteria mutate very well, but vaccines don't give viruses much of a chance,&rdq ... read more

--- Reduced Price on Rotavirus Vaccines

REDUCED PRICE ON ROTAVIRUS VACCINES From conclusion; full text is at http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/7/11-094656/en/index.html The two major pharmaceutical compa­nies that manufacture rotavirus vaccines have recently offered to sel ... read more

--- Two on Factors Affecting Vaccination Coverage ...

TWO ON FACTORS AFFECTING VACCINATION COVERAGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND IN INDIA ‘Contrary to expectation, we found children from urban areas were more likely to be unimmunised than those from rural areas . . . ‘The few currently a ... read more

WHAT'S NEW THIS THURSDAY: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF VACCI ...

·       ECONOMIC IMPACT OF VACCINATION Systematic review of studies evaluating the broader economic impact of vaccination in low and middle income countries Rohan Deogaonkar, Raymond Hutubessy, Inge Putten, Silv ... read more

---Removing the Age Restrictions for Rotavirus Vac ...

  REMOVING THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR ROTAVIRUS VACCINATION: A BENEFIT-RISK MODELING ANALYSIS Manish M. Patel1*, Andrew D. Clark2, Colin F. B. Sanderson2, Jacqueline Tate1, Umesh D. Parashar1 Editors' Summary below; full text, with tables ... read more