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Hepatitis A seroprevalence among special populations in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, Brazil
The objectives were to estimate hepatitis A virus seroprevalence in subjects attending to a travel medicine and immunization clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and to develop a prediction model for hepatitis A virus seroprevalence. This retrospective research included individuals sequentially from April 2011 to June 2019 at a travel medicine and special population immunization clinic with an anti-hepatitis A virus IgG chemiluminescence result. Participants' data were verified via electronic medical records. Data were split into development and validation set taking 2018 as the date break. A cross-validated elastic generaliz...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Flavio de Carvalho Luciana Gomes Pedro Brand ão Margaret Catoia Varela Mari Tuyama Danusa Ferreira Correa Ananza Taina da Silva Santos Alberto Dos Santos de Lemos Marcellus Dias da Costa Jos é Cerbino-Neto Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil Source Type: research

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 26th March, 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/55-of-telehealth-providers-frustrated-with-overblown-patient-expectations55% of Telehealth Providers Frustrated With Overblown Patient ExpectationsProviders also cited their ability to provide quality care and technical difficulties as among their top frustrations with telehealth, a new survey shows.ByAnuja VaidyaMarch 18, 202...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Vaccination in rheumatic disease patients: results of a pilot quality improvement program
CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of a pilot vaccination QI program led by rheumatology fellows-in-training showed promising preliminary benefits in the vaccination uptake among RD patients and helps to evaluate the barriers to surpass.PMID:35079179 | PMC:PMC8768043 | DOI:10.5114/reum.2021.112349
Source: Herpes - January 26, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Gabriel Figueroa-Parra Andrea Moreno-Salinas Leticia Santoyo-Fexas Carmen Magdalena Gamboa-Alonso Juan Pablo Carrizales-Luna Ivan de Jesus Hernandez-Galarza Dionicio Angel Galarza-Delgado Jorge Antonio Esquivel-Valerio Source Type: research

Vaccinations in immunosuppressive-dependent pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
CONCLUSION: Immunizations have been shown to be well-tolerated and protective immunity can be achieved in patients with IBD requiring immunosuppressive therapy. PMID: 29204064 [PubMed - in process]
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - November 14, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Nguyen HT, Minar P, Jackson K, Fulkerson PC Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research