Vaccines (Basel)
July 2024
Measles has not yet been eradicated; therefore, its outbreaks are still reported throughout the world. Like any infection, measles is dangerous for immunocompromised patients. Levels of anti-measles IgG antibodies were measured in 157 patients aged 17 to 72, who were placed on the lung transplant waiting list.
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September 2018
Pregnant women are risk group for influenza infection. Results of new subunit vaccines application have not been studied enough. Prospective, randomized, open-label comparative study of subunit (Agrippal) and polymeric subunit (Grippol plus) vaccines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPregnancy is a condition of modulated immune suppression, so this group of patients has increased risk of infectious diseases. Trivalent subunit vaccines, unadjusted Agrippal S1 (group I) and immunoadjuvant Grippol Plus (group II), containing 5 μg of actual influenza virus strains, were administered respectively to 37 and 42 women in the second and third trimester of physiological pregnancy. The administration of subunit influenza vaccines was accompanied by the development of local reactions in no more than 10% of patients, compared with 4.
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