Background and Hypothesis Maternal priming might enhance the beneficial nonspecific
effects (NSEs) of live measles vaccination (MV). Children with a bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) …

Introduction Malaria continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) without effective interventions. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine …

Background Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination possesses effects on health beyond
its target disease, the so called "non-specific effects". We evaluate these effects, as well as …

Background The world is set on the eradication of measles. Continuation of the measles
vaccine (MV) after eradication could still reduce morbidity because the MV has so-called …

Objective. To determine whether anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) and
rheumatoid factor (RF) are risk factors for 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients …

At concentrations exceeding 10 μM, arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) trigger a
rapid cytoplasmic import that involves activation of acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase). …

Asymptomatic malaria infections may affect red blood cell (RBC) homeostasis. Reports indicate
a role for chronic hemolysis and splenomegaly, however, the underlying processes are …

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has beneficial effects on overall morbidity and mortality in
children and young adults. These effects have been linked to a heterologous increase of pro-…

We welcome the interest of Ould Setti and Ould Setti regarding our study that aimed to evaluate
the effect of timing of infant vaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), diphtheria-…

Representing the greatest promise of medicine, disease prevention, vaccines are one of the
most important health achievements that have had (and still have) a tremendous impact on …