Vaccine Weekly

Influenza Vaccine - Patient care team plays role in elderly decisions on influenza vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - Reasons for non-vaccination among healthcare workers explored

Influenza Vaccine - Vaccinating elderly against influenza is cost-effective in Mexico

Influenza Vaccine Development - Influenza vaccination in stem cell transplant recipients examined

Influenza Vaccine Development - U.S. government awards $100 million contract for avian influenza vaccine

Leishmaniasis Vaccine Development -  Taenia crassiceps glycans act as adjuvant against leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis Vaccine Development - Antigen expressing epitopes of Leishmania infantum developed

Leukemia Vaccine Development - Targeted immunotherapy in acute myeloblastic leukemia reviewed

Leukemia Vaccines - Data advance knowledge in leukemia vaccines research

Lung Cancer - Apoptosis induced by indirubin-5-nitro-3'-monoxime, a novel CDK inhibitor

Lung Cancer - Irinotecan and etoposide used in previously untreated extensive disease SCLC

Lung Cancer Vaccine Development - Targets on small cell lung cancers for immunotherapy identified

Malaria - Study of molecular structure of EBA-175 published in journal

Medical Ethics - Ethical issues from polio eradication programs in India discussed

Medical Ethics - Risk perception and communicable disease vaccines examined

Melanoma Vaccine Development - Anti-self T-cell responses elicited by melanoma antigen characterized

Melanoma Vaccines - New data illuminates research in melanoma vaccines

Meningococcal Vaccine Development - IgG against meningococcal capsular polysaccharide analyzed

Neospora Vaccine - Response elicited from Neospora caninum tachyzoites characterized

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Development - MUC1 peptide vaccination safe in cancer patients

Pediatric Immunizations - Oklahoma Caring Vans provide free immunizations to hurricane evacuees at Gruber

Personnel - Biopharma appoints Allen Shofe vice president of government affairs

Pertussis Vaccine - Action to be taken when facing one or more cases of whooping cough

Pertussis Vaccine - Efficacy of pertussis vaccine in U.S. children examined

Pertussis Vaccine - Variations in B. pertussis isolates in Finland reported

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination for infants reported

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Management of middle ear disease in children with hearing loss outlined

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Tacrolimus ointment does not affect response to pneumococcal vaccine

Polio Vaccine - Dynamic model of poliomyelitis outbreaks developed

Polio Vaccine - Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in Brazil examined

Poliomyelitis - New polio immunization plan launched to protect Horn of Africa

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Development - Antibody to PSMA shows promise in androgen-independent prostate cancer

Renal Cancer - Treatment strategies in clear-cell metastatic renal cancer reviewed

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine - RSV vaccine influences and disease outcome in infected calves

Rh Incompatibility - Pregnancy outcome for Rh-alloimmunized women examined

Rotavirus Epidemiology - Incidence of diarrhea from rotavirus infections in China reported

Rotavirus Vaccine - Burden of rotavirus disease in Malaysia estimated

Rotavirus Vaccine - Incidence of intussusception resulting from RotaShield estimated

Rotavirus Vaccine - Sentinel hospital data for rotavirus diarrhea in Taiwan reported

Rotavirus Vaccine Development - Epidemiological profile of rotaviral infection in India reported

Rotavirus Vaccine Development - Live, attenuated rotavirus vaccine evaluated in Singaporean infants

SARS Vaccine - Antibodies to SARS-associated coronavirus proteins identified

Schistosomiasis Vaccines - Research add new data to schistosomiasis vaccines body of knowledge

Smallpox Diagnosis - Physicians lack some knowledge about initial presentation of smallpox

Smallpox Vaccine - Humoral antiviral immunity persists within the Japanese population

Streptococcus Vaccine Development - Gene encoding protective antigen of Streptococcus suis identified

Tetanus Vaccine - Tetanus immune status in plasma donors of Bavarian Red Cross reported

Tobacco Use - Biopharmaceutical company receives grant to fund NicVAX development

Tuberculosis - Dutch biotech, Aeras Foundation announce progress in TB vaccine program

Tuberculosis Vaccine Development - DNA vaccine effective in murine model of tuberculosis infection

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Findings advance knowledge in tuberculosis vaccines research

Vaccine Delivery - Biodegradable microparticles to deliver plasmid DNA vaccines produced

Vaccine Delivery - Cholesterol-bile salt vesicles are potential vaccine delivery vehicles

Vaccine Development - Enhanced agonists designed using virtual screening method

Vaccine Development - Scientists develop new surface patterning method for carb chip

Vaccine Efficacy - Exposure to carrier regulates immune responses to conjugate vaccine

Vaccine Efficacy - Measurement of serum bactericidal activity standardized

Vaccine Vectors - Signal in spleen necrosis virus does not allow efficient gene transfer

Vaccines Development - Researchers' work adds to vaccines development body of knowledge

Vaccines Vector - Findings describe new data in vaccines vector research

Vector Development - Destination vectors for expression screening in E. coli constructed

Vector Development - Nonviral vector for gene delivery and expression in brain developed

Virology - Study in SIV-infected nonhuman primates of delipidated autologous virus complete

Virology Vaccine - DNA vaccine induces specific immune response against hepadnavirus