Education for Healthcare Providers: Impact of Academic Detailing on Reducing Misinformation and Strengthening Influenza Vaccine Recommendations.

Background: Recommendations from a trusted healthcare provider have been shown to be the most effective intervention for encouraging patients to be vaccinated. However, providers have reported feeling less prepared to address vaccination questions and having less time to discuss vaccines with patients than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Providers may benefit from a brief update about the available influenza vaccines and vaccination guidelines.

Evaluating Factors That Influence Influenza Vaccination Uptake among Pregnant People in a Medically Underserved Area in Washington State.

Introduction: Despite substantial evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of influenza vaccines, only 38.6% of the adult United States population received an influenza vaccine during the 2023-2024 flu season. Vaccination rates are typically lower among U.

Identification and characterization of novel human papillomaviruses in oral rinse samples from oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer patients.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to: I) discover novel human papillomaviruses (HPVs) using next generation sequencing (NGS) technology in oral rinse samples collected from oral cavity cancer (OCC) and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) patients; II) determine the prevalence of novel HPVs in archived OCC and OPC tissue samples; and III) examine the frequency of novel oncogenic HPVs in cancer and non-cancer oral rinse samples using real-time PCR.

Methods: Oral rinse samples were collected from 100 head and neck cancer patients, and 110 healthy individuals. NGS techniques were used to detect novel HPVs.

HPV16 infection in oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer patients.

Our objective was to compare archived tissue biopsy samples from the oral cavity and oropharynx, in terms of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 infection. We used Taqman real-time PCR assay to detect HPV16 in 121 archived biopsy samples from the oral cavity and 100 samples from the oropharynx. Among patients with oral cavity cancer (OCC), 9% (6/65) had HPV16 infection which was significantly less than those with oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) where 79% (39/50) were HPV16 positive (P < 0.

Detection of HPV in oral rinse samples from OPSCC and non-OPSCC patients.

Background: Due to the increasing rates of oropharyngeal cancer, oral HPV infection is a significant concern. Methods for detecting oral HPVs is not standardized as there are different techniques available. We propose that use of oral rinse samples to detect for HPVs is a suitable technique within a clinic setting.

Characterization of three novel human papillomavirus types isolated from oral rinse samples of healthy individuals.

Background: Despite the strong evidence of HPV infection as the etiological agent in a subset of oral cancer, oral α-HPV detection is rare in healthy individuals, and little is known of the existing of novel HPV types in oral cavity.

Objective: We determined whether novel HPV types can be isolated from oral rinse samples collected from healthy individuals.

Study Design: We performed rolling circle amplification (RCA) coupled with degenerated PCR assay on 48 oral rinse samples to amplify novel HPV types.