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Safety of yellow fever vaccine administration in confirmed egg-allergic patients
Lopes, Marta Heloísa
Long-term protection after hepatitis B vaccination in people living with HIV
Lopes, Marta Heloísa
Occurrence of early adverse events after vaccination against influenza at a bra...
Lopes, Marta Heloísa; Mascheretti, Melissa; Franco, Marilia Miranda; Vasconcelos, Ricardo; Gutierrez, Eliana BattaggiaINTRODUCTION: Since 1999, the Ministry of Health in Brazil has conducted campaigns of vaccination against influenza targeted towards the elderly, chronically-diseased people and health care workers. The vaccine against influenza is associated with adverse events of minor importance. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the early adverse events related to the vaccine against influenza. CASUISTICS AND METHODS: One hundred a...
Comparison of indirect immunofluorescence test for measles antibodies with haem...
Souza, Vanda Akico Ueda Fick de; Pannuti, Cláudio Sérgio; Godoy, Cid Vieira Franco de; Albrecht, Paul; Lopes, Marta Heloísa; Mendonça, João da SilvaIndirect Immunofluorescence (IFA), Plaque Reduction Neutralization (PRN) and Haemagglutination Inhibition (HI) tests for measles antibodies were carried out in 197 sera obtained from umbilical cord and vaccinated children. The IFA was also applied to blood samples collected with filter paper. IFA results demonstrated that the test is relatively simple to perform, with good reproducibility for different antigen ...
Measles vaccination: influence of age on its efficacy
Lopes, Marta Heloísa; Mendonça, João Silva de; Pannuti, Cláudio Sérgio; Albrecht, Paul; Biancalana, Maria Lúcia Neves; Mantese, Orlando CésarThe authors compare the serologic efficacy and the clinical protection afforded by three different measles vaccination schemes in adequately nourished children in São Paulo city, Brazil. Two hundred forty two children were divided into three groups. Group A, comprising 117 children who had received the vaccine before 12 months of age and a second dose at 12 months of age or more. Group B, comprising 46 children...