Sentences with phrase «effective than vaccine»

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Given questions about how long the vaccine is effective for, she questioned the efficacy of giving shots to girls as young as 11 years old in parts of the world (such as the U.S.) where women regularly undergo safety Pap screening repeatedly over their lifetimes, saying that the chances of their contracting cervical cancer may be less than the «small» risks associated with the vaccine.

Not only would the new method, tested only in mice, be more convenient but also more effective than the flu shot or nasal spray, according to a study at the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul.

A well conducted study published in the Italian medical journals in June 2007 demonstrated that the daily intake of Colostrum can be 3x more effective than the flu vaccine for providing protection.

The new oral rabies vaccine should prove more effective than prior versions, which may lead to a drop in rabies in our raccoon populations.

The vaccine was less effective against the B strain (where a boost in titers was registered in more than 62 percent of participants) and H1N1 (where the boost was seen in more than 57 percent).

The vaccine was most effective against H3N2, increasing antibody titers (a measure how much antibody is produced after vaccination) fourfold in more than 81 percent of who received it, according to the company.

Adjuvanted vaccines in particular were found to be more effective in children than in adults against laboratory confirmed illness (88 per cent in children versus 40 per cent in adults) and hospitalisation (86 per cent in children versus 48 per cent in adults).

However, when the vaccines» effectiveness was examined in different age groups, they were shown to be less effective in adults over 18 years than in children, and effectiveness was lowest in adults over 50 years of age.

Long considered a conquered childhood disease, pertussis has made a comeback in the U.S., in part because the combination vaccine, DTap, appears less effective than its predecessor, DTP

(The polio vaccine, by contrast, is more than 80 percent effective.)

High - dose influenza vaccine is 24 percent more effective than the standard - dose vaccine in protecting persons ages 65 and over against influenza illness and its complications, according to a Vanderbilt - led study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

The eradication initiative chose OPV, rather than the original Salk vaccine made of killed virus (inactivated, or IPV), for good reason: it's cheap and effective.

«If this research is borne out in future studies, we could be less than a decade away from a safe and effective live - attenuated vaccine for RSV.»

If we can do that, then we can make flu vaccines that would be even more effective than the current vaccine,» said Professor Derek Smith from the University of Cambridge, one of the two leaders of the research, together with Professor Ron Fouchier from Erasmus Medical Center in The Netherlands.

A group of leading scientists from across Europe have launched a three - year project aimed at developing an oral vaccine against Clostridium difficile, an infection that kills around 4,000 people a year (almost four - times more than MRSA) and for which there is currently no effective treatments.

Recent studies have shown that locally made Chinese vaccines are less effective than imported versions, which cost five to 10 times as much.

Because the vaccine causes the body to mount an immune response directed against a unique tumor, the therapy is much more effective than gene - targeted or more general chemotherapy alone.

During the 2014 - 15 flu season, the poor match between the virus used to make the world's vaccine stocks and the circulating seasonal virus yielded a vaccine that was less than 20 percent effective.

Since 2000, however, an updated version of the Salk vaccine, safer than the Sabin version, has been the only one given in the U.S. to prevent polio: it is 99 percent effective after three doses.

The newer formulation of the vaccine, introduced 20 years ago, is simply less effective than its older counterpart at conferring prolonged immunity.

A vaccine would be especially effective in people who have never been exposed to the disease before, or who lost their childhood immunity by leaving malaria - stricken areas, Lanar says, because these groups are more vulnerable to very severe forms of the illness than those who are partially immune.

The DNA vaccine for Zika virus is more immunogenic and effective than other vaccines because it can create memory responses, which inactivated vaccines with killed viruses fail to produce, Higgs said.

Dr Gambhir said Ebola has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people, and whilst the epidemic was now receding, the search for a safe and effective vaccine remains crucial.

It would not be desirable in every case — antibodies are more important in fighting some infections than others — but it potentially gives vaccine makers a new tool that could be used to make vaccines more effective.»

U.S. and U.N. officials have told the AP that Brazil has so far probably shared fewer than 20 samples when experts say hundreds or thousands of samples are needed to track the virus» evolution and develop accurate diagnostics and effective drugs and vaccines.

THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- The vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which doctors believe causes most cases of cervical cancer, appears even more effective than believed, a new study finds.

Because vitamin D — there's some literature now that showing that vitamin D is more effective than — than the flu vaccine and many people, I mean what?

Study Reveals Vitamin D More Effective than Flu Vaccine Japanese scientists, writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, have found that the dietary supplement Vitamin D is better at preventing flu than vaccinations.

Kennel cough vaccine is typically given every year and in most cases more than one dose will be needed for the vaccination to be entirely effective.

It should be noted that giving vaccine more frequently than every 2 weeks will cause interference between the two vaccines and neither can be expected to be effective.

The occasional pet can still become affected by a disease, but more often than not, the vaccines at our veterinary clinic are effective methods of keeping pets safe from diseases.

Live vaccines are generally thought to be more effective than killed ones, so the nonliving variety have additives called adjuvants that help to increase their effectiveness.

These types of vaccinations are generally less effective than that of Core vaccines.

Some vaccines are more effective than others.

Vaccines are far more effective now than they were decades ago.

Another new thing is that for bordetella and parainfluenza, the intranasal vaccines are much more effective than the injected versions.

Currently, licensed rabies vaccines have not been shown to be effective when administered to dogs aged less than 3 months.

Vaccination with these vaccines is generally less effective in protecting against disease than vaccination with the core vaccines.

Since this vaccine is for a bacteria, the duration of effective immunity is much shorter than for viral vaccines (such as for Rabies virus).

Vaccines against the H3N8 influenza virus — which has existed in this country for more than a decade — are available, but there are differences in the genetic sequences of the two strains that suggest that these vaccines would be poorly effective, or ineffective in protecting dogs against the H3N2 virus infecting dogs in the MidwestVaccines against the H3N8 influenza virus — which has existed in this country for more than a decade — are available, but there are differences in the genetic sequences of the two strains that suggest that these vaccines would be poorly effective, or ineffective in protecting dogs against the H3N2 virus infecting dogs in the Midwestvaccines would be poorly effective, or ineffective in protecting dogs against the H3N2 virus infecting dogs in the Midwest.»

The intranasal version of the vaccine is more effective than the inoculation.

What's different about this variant is not that the vaccine isn't effective against it, and not that adult dogs can get it, too (they can get older strains of parvo, too, but incidence is much lower than in puppies because adult dogs are easier to vaccinate effectively), but that that virus has characteristics that make it harder to diagnose with the currently standard tests.

The most widely used vaccine in the U.S. is less than 60 % effective.

Vaccines also tend to be less effective against A (H3N2) than other influenza viruses.