Vaccine Research Articles & Analysis
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Vaccination aims to mimic the development of naturally acquired immunity by inoculation of nonpathogenic but still immunogenic components of a pathogen, or closely related organisms. The term “vaccine” (Latin “vacca,” meaning cow) was first introduced by Edward Jenner to describe the inoculation (or vaccination) of humans with the cowpox virus to protect them against ...
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What is onchocerciasis? Onchocerciasis or river blindness is a human disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus, and it endangers approximately 120 million people each year globally. When the worms become adults, they can live for over a decade in knots ("nodules") under the skin and release millions of of smaller worms or microfilariae. Circulating microfilariae cause many clinical ...
This is particularly true for medications, vaccines, and other pharmaceuticals. Improper storage and monitoring could cause vaccines to become ineffective. ...