Herpes Zoster, a disease imposing large economic and social costs, is caused by a DNA virus, human herpesvirus 3, belonging to the Herpesvirales order, Herpesviridae family. It is widespread throughout the world, with a frequency of 120-350 cases per 100,000 persons/year. Herpes Zoster is a disease with multiple names and multiple faces, which...
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2015 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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2018 (v1)Publication
Vaccines are public health interventions aimed at preventing infections-related mortality, morbidity, and disability. While vaccines have been successfully designed for those infectious diseases preventable by preexisting neutralizing specific antibodies, for other communicable diseases, additional immunological mechanisms should be elicited to...
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2017 (v1)Publication
Nowadays, more and more people surf the Internet seeking health-related information. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can represent an important opportunities in the field of Public Health and vaccinology. The aim of our current research was to investigate a) how often people search the Internet for vaccination-related...
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2016 (v1)Publication
Our chapter explores the US Food and Drug Administrations (USFDAs) regulation of medical foods, a growing industry that lies between pharmaceutical drugs and food.In addition to an overall discussion of the short regulatory history of medical foods, we cover the agencys recently released revised draft guidance and other regulatory requirements...
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