Publications by authors named "P L Smock"

Marburg virus (MARV) is a virus of high human consequence with a case fatality rate of 24-88%. The global health and national security risks posed by Marburg virus disease (MVD) underscore the compelling need for a prophylactic vaccine, but no candidate has yet reached regulatory approval. Here, we evaluate a replication-defective chimpanzee adenovirus type 3 (ChAd3)-vectored MARV Angola glycoprotein (GP)-expressing vaccine against lethal MARV challenge in macaques.

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Article Synopsis
  • The Marburg virus outbreak in Guinea and Ghana led to the formation of the MARVAC consortium, which includes experts focused on developing a vaccine.
  • They aim to create a rapid response to combat the threat posed by this infectious disease.
  • The discussion highlights the ongoing progress, the challenges faced in vaccine development, and potential future strategies for MARV vaccines.
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The authors review demographic trends and research on families in the United States, with a special focus on the past decade. They consider the following several topics: (a) marriage and remarriage, (b) divorce, (c) cohabitation, (d) fertility, (e) same-gender unions, (f) immigrant families, and (g) children's living arrangements. Throughout, the authors review both overall trends and patterns as well as those by social class and race-ethnicity.

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Cohabitation has surpassed marriage as the most common union experience in young adulthood. We capitalize on a new opportunity to examine both marital and cohabitation expectations among young single women in recently collected, nationally representative data (National Survey of Family Growth 2011-2015) (=1,467). In the U.

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Objectives: Births to less educated women are more likely to be classified as unintended than other births. We question a common interpretation that this association reflects a lack of contraceptive knowledge or self-efficacy among less educated women. We theorize that differences in early life educational advantages structure pregnancy desires and the salience and opportunity costs of precise fertility timing.

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