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Westcott MM, Morse AE, Troy G, Blevins M, Wierzba T, Sanders JW. Photochemical inactivation as an alternative method to produce a whole-cell vaccine for uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0366123. [PMID: 38315025 PMCID: PMC10913755 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03661-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the primary causative agent of lower urinary tract infection (UTI). UTI presents a serious health risk and has considerable secondary implications including economic burden, recurring episodes, and overuse of antibiotics. A safe and effective vaccine would address this widespread health problem and emerging antibiotic resistance. Killed, whole-cell vaccines have shown limited efficacy to prevent recurrent UTI in human trials. We explored photochemical inactivation with psoralen drugs and UVA light (PUVA), which crosslinks nucleic acid, as an alternative to protein-damaging methods of inactivation to improve whole-cell UTI vaccines. Exposure of UPEC to the psoralen drug AMT and UVA light resulted in a killed but metabolically active (KBMA) state, as reported previously for other PUVA-inactivated bacteria. The immunogenicity of PUVA-UPEC as compared to formalin-inactivated UPEC was compared in mice. Both generated high UPEC-specific serum IgG titers after intramuscular delivery. However, using functional adherence as a measure of surface protein integrity, we found differences in the properties of PUVA- and formalin-inactivated UPEC. Adhesion mediated by Type-1 and P-fimbriae was severely compromised by formalin but was unaffected by PUVA, indicating that PUVA preserved the functional conformation of fimbrial proteins, which are targets of protective immune responses. In vitro assays indicated that although they retained metabolic activity, PUVA-UPEC lost virulence properties that could negatively impact vaccine safety. Our results imply the potential for PUVA to improve killed, whole-cell UTI vaccines by generating bacteria that more closely resemble their live, infectious counterparts relative to vaccines generated with protein-damaging methods. IMPORTANCE Lower urinary tract infection (UTI), caused primarily by uropathogenic Escherichia coli, represents a significant health burden, accounting for 7 million primary care and 1 million emergency room visits annually in the United States. Women and the elderly are especially susceptible and recurrent infection (rUTI) is common in those populations. Lower UTI can lead to life-threatening systemic infection. UTI burden is manifested by healthcare dollars spent (1.5 billion annually), quality of life impact, and resistant strains emerging from antibiotic overuse. A safe and effective vaccine to prevent rUTI would address a substantial healthcare issue. Vaccines comprised of inactivated uropathogenic bacteria have yielded encouraging results in clinical trials but improvements that enhance vaccine performance are needed. To that end, we focused on inactivation methodology and provided data to support photochemical inactivation, which targets nucleic acid, as a promising alternative to conventional protein-damaging inactivation methods to improve whole-cell UTI vaccines.
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- Marlena M. Westcott
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Khalil I, Walker R, Porter CK, Muhib F, Chilengi R, Cravioto A, Guerrant R, Svennerholm AM, Qadri F, Baqar S, Kosek M, Kang G, Lanata C, Armah G, Wierzba T, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Giersing B, Louis Bourgeois A. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) vaccines: Priority activities to enable product development, licensure, and global access. Vaccine 2021; 39:4266-4277. [PMID: 33965254 PMCID: PMC8273896 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Diarrhoeal disease attributable to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) causes substantial morbidity and mortality predominantly in paediatric populations in low- and middle-income countries. In addition to acute illness, there is an increasing appreciation of the long-term consequences of enteric infections, including ETEC, on childhood growth and development. Provision of potable water and sanitation and appropriate clinical care for acute illness are critical to reduce the ETEC burden. However, these interventions are not always practical and may not achieve equitable and sustainable coverage. Vaccination may be the most cost-effective and equitable means of primary prevention; however, additional data are needed to accelerate the investment and guide the decision-making process for ETEC vaccines. First, to understand and quantify the ETEC disease burden, additional data are needed on the association between ETEC infection and physical and cognitive stunting as well as delayed educational attainment. Furthermore, the role of inappropriate or inadequate antibiotic treatment of ETEC-attributable diarrhoea may contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and needs further elucidation. An ETEC vaccine that mitigates acute diarrhoeal illness and minimizes the longer-term disease manifestations could have significant public health impact and be a cost-effective countermeasure. Herein we review the ETEC vaccine pipeline, led by candidates compatible with the general parameters of the Preferred Product Characteristics (PPC) recently developed by the World Health Organization. Additionally, we have developed an ETEC Vaccine Development Strategy to provide a framework to underpin priority activities for researchers, funders and vaccine manufacturers, with the goal of addressing globally unmet data needs in the areas of research, product development, and policy, as well as commercialization and delivery. The strategy also aims to guide prioritization and co-ordination of the priority activities needed to minimize the timeline to licensure and use of ETEC vaccines, especially in in low- and middle-income countries, where they are most urgently needed.
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Zambia
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, USA
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- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana
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Barry E, Cassels F, Riddle M, Walker R, Wierzba T. Vaccines Against Shigella and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: A summary of the 2018 VASE Conference. Vaccine 2020; 37:4768-4774. [PMID: 31358236 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PATH hosted the second Vaccines Against Shigella and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VASE) Conference in Mexico City in June 2018, again providing experts from around the world an opportunity to participate in a highly collaborative forum to discuss progress in the development of new enteric vaccines. Through a combination of plenary sessions and posters, keynote presentations, and workshops, the 2018 VASE Conference aimed to accelerate communication and progress among those working to achieve the goal of licensed vaccines against these two bacterial pathogens. Many presentations recognized the importance of diarrheal disease and long-term sequelae caused by infections with Shigella and enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). Other presentations explored new strategies for vaccine development, including the search for novel, possibly conserved, antigens for more effective vaccines. Much progress is being made as some vaccine candidates are now moving through clinical trials. Research presented in oral and poster presentations at the VASE Conference covered a range of topics, including: the global burden of disease, epidemiology, and health economics; host parameters and genomics that predict responses to infection and disease; preclinical evaluations of vaccine antigens and models of enteric diseases; and vaccine candidates in clinical trials and human challenge studies. This article reviews key points and highlighted research presented in each of the plenary conference sessions and poster presentations at the 2018 VASE Conference.
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- Eileen Barry
- Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- PATH, 4555 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Anderson JD, Bagamian KH, Muhib F, Amaya MP, Laytner LA, Wierzba T, Rheingans R. Burden of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and shigella non-fatal diarrhoeal infections in 79 low-income and lower middle-income countries: a modelling analysis. Lancet Glob Health 2020; 7:e321-e330. [PMID: 30784633 PMCID: PMC6379821 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30483-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Revised: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and shigella are two major pathogens that cause moderate-to-severe diarrhoea in children younger than 5 years. Diarrhoea is associated with an increased risk of stunting, which puts children at risk of death due to other infectious diseases. Methods We modelled ETEC-related and shigella-related mortality and the effect of moderate-to-severe diarrhoea episodes to determine the number of children with stunting due to these infections in 79 low-income and lower middle-income countries. We applied population attributable risk for increased number of deaths due to other infectious diseases in children who are stunted. We calculated 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) for the point estimates. Findings In children younger than 5 years, we estimate 196 million (95% UI 135–269) episodes of ETEC and shigella diarrhoea occur annually, resulting in 3·5 million (0·8–5·4) cases of moderate-to-severe stunting and 44 400 (29 400–59 800) total ETEC deaths and 63 100 (44 000–81 900) total shigella deaths in 2015. Additional infectious disease mortality due to stunting resulted in increases of 24% (8–34; for ETEC) and 28% (10–39; for shigella) over direct deaths due to diarrhoeal episodes. The distribution of mortality and morbidity varied geographically, with African Region and Eastern Mediterranean Region countries bearing the greatest burden. Interpretation The expanded effects of non-fatal ETEC and shigella-related diarrhoeal episodes can have lasting consequences. Prevention of these infections could reduce the risk of direct death and stunting and deaths due to other infectious diseases. Understanding the countries and populations with the highest disease risk helps to target interventions for the most vulnerable populations. Funding The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- John D Anderson
- Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA; Emerging Pathogens Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA; Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Bagamian Scientific Consulting, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Emerging Pathogens Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA; Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Emerging Pathogens Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA; Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA; Emerging Pathogens Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Anderson JD, Muhib F, Rheingans R, Wierzba T. Heterogeneity in potential impact and cost-effectiveness of ETEC and Shigella vaccination in four sub-Saharan African countries. Vaccine X 2019; 3:100043. [PMID: 31687662 PMCID: PMC6819873 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2019.100043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Diarrheal disease burden has become more heterogenous in low- and lower middle-income countries as access to clean water, sanitation and health care has increased in wealthier urban populations. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Shigella are among the top five causes of diarrheal mortality in children living in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we explored how accounting for subnational and economic heterogeneity in ETEC and Shigella disease burden affects projected vaccine impact and cost-effectiveness of standalone ETEC and Shigella vaccines during the first decade after introduction in four sub-Saharan African countries. We developed dynamic models for provincial areas and socioeconomic subpopulations of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. We estimated deaths and morbidity due to ETEC and Shigella diarrhea plus additional deaths from other infectious diseases attributable to ETEC- and Shigella-induced stunting. We analyzed cost-effectiveness using Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios (ICERs) with Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and Moderate-and-Severe Diarrheal episodes (MSD) averted as denominators. Other infectious disease deaths due to induced stunting accounted for 9-28% and 9-32% of the total provincial level ETEC and Shigella disease burden, respectively, across these four countries from years 2025 to 2034. Our results indicated that the lowest and most cost-effective provincial DALYs averted ICERs were below $600 and $500/DALY averted for ETEC and Shigella vaccination, respectively in Zimbabwe. ICERs were the highest in Zambia and Kenya, where all provincial ICERs where above $2000/DALY. The highest national and provincial MSD averted ICERs were in DRC, while the lowest were in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Vaccinations were most cost-effective in averting DALYs in lower wealth subpopulations living in the highest burden provincial areas. Our approach focused on subnational heterogeneity in ETEC and Shigella burden and vaccination access found that impact and cost-effectiveness were more favorable if vaccinations reach the most vulnerable children in underserved provinces.
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- John D Anderson
- Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State University, 222 Living Learning Center, 305 Bodenheimer Drive, Boone, NC 28608, USA
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- PATH, 455 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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- Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State University, 222 Living Learning Center, 305 Bodenheimer Drive, Boone, NC 28608, USA
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- PATH, 455 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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Anderson JD, Bagamian KH, Muhib F, Baral R, Laytner LA, Amaya M, Wierzba T, Rheingans R. Potential impact and cost-effectiveness of future ETEC and Shigella vaccines in 79 low- and lower middle-income countries. Vaccine X 2019; 2:100024. [PMID: 31384741 PMCID: PMC6668229 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2019.100024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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While diarrhea mortality in children has declined over the last two decades, there has been a slower decline in diarrheal episodes. Repeated diarrheal episodes are associated with childhood stunting, which leads to increased mortality risk from infectious diseases. Vaccine candidates are under development for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli [ETEC] and Shigella, important enteric pathogens in children in low income countries. These future vaccines could significantly reduce diarrheal burden, prevent ETEC- and Shigella-induced stunting, and stunting-associated mortality. We developed a cost-effectiveness model for two putative standalone ETEC and Shigella vaccine candidates to evaluate vaccine impact on mortality, morbidity, stunting, and stunting-associated deaths from other infectious diseases. We modeled impact over the first ten years after vaccine introduction in children under five years old living in 79 low and low-middle income countries. ETEC and Shigella diarrhea would cause an estimated 239,300 [95% UL: 179,700-309,800] and 340,300 [256,500-440,800] child deaths, respectively, from years 2025 to 2034. Most of these deaths would occur in AFRO countries. ETEC and Shigella moderate-to-severe diarrheal episodes would result in over 13.7 [8.4-19.0] and 21.4 [13.1-29.8] million stunted children, respectively. Introducing ETEC or Shigella vaccine each with 60% efficacy could prevent 92,000 [61,000-129,000] ETEC and 126,600 [84,000-179,000] Shigella direct deaths and 21,400 [11,300-34,800] ETEC- and 34,200 [18,000-56,000] Shigella-induced stunting deaths. ETEC ICERs ranged from $2172/DALY [1457-4369] in AFRO to $19,172/DALY [12,665-39,503] in EURO. Shigella ICERs ranged from $952/DALY [632-2001] in EMRO to $640,316/DALY [434,311-1,297,192] in EURO. Limitations of this analysis include uncertainty of vaccine efficacy, duration of protection, and vaccine price. Inclusion of other infectious disease mortality due to stunting provides a more accurate assessment of total ETEC and Shigella disease burden and increased the projected impact and cost-effectiveness of vaccination. Introducing vaccines only in high burden countries and regions could substantially reduce cost without substantially reducing impact.
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- John D Anderson
- Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State University, 222 Living Learning Center, 305 Bodenheimer Drive, Boone, NC 28608, USA
- Emerging Pathogens Institute, P.O. Box 100009, 2055 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA
- Bagamian Scientific Consulting, 978 SW 2Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
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- PATH, 455 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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- PATH, 201 Westlake Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
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- Emerging Pathogens Institute, P.O. Box 100009, 2055 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA
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- Emerging Pathogens Institute, P.O. Box 100009, 2055 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA
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- PATH, 455 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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- Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State University, 222 Living Learning Center, 305 Bodenheimer Drive, Boone, NC 28608, USA
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Mani S, Wierzba T, Walker RI. Status of vaccine research and development for Shigella. Vaccine 2016; 34:2887-2894. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bajracharya D, Khan MI, Pach A, Shrestha P, Joshi N, Upreti SR, Wierzba T, Puri M, Sahastrabuddhe S, Ochiai RL. 25 years after Vi typhoid vaccine efficacy study, typhoid affects significant number of population in Nepal. PLoS One 2014; 9:e77974. [PMID: 24400067 PMCID: PMC3882213 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Salmonella Typhi, first isolated in 1884, results in infection of the intestines and can end in death and disability. Due to serious adverse events post vaccination, whole cell killed vaccines have been replaced with new generation vaccines. The efficacy of Vi polysaccharide (ViPS) vaccine, a new generation, single-dose intramuscular typhoid vaccine was assessed in Nepal in 1987. However, despite the availability of ViPS vaccine for more than 25 years, Nepal has one of the highest incidence of typhoid fever. Therefore we collected information from hospitals in the Kathmandu Valley from over the past five years. There were 9901 enteric fever cases between January 2008 and July 2012. 1,881 of these were confirmed typhoid cases from five hospitals in the Kathmandu district. Approximately 70% of the cases involved children under 15 years old. 1281 cases were confirmed as S. Paratyphi. Vaccines should be prioritized for control of typhoid in conjunction with improved water and sanitation conditions in Nepal and in endemic countries of Asia and Africa.
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- Deepak Bajracharya
- MITRA Samaj Pani Pokhari, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Group for Technical Assistance, Sanepa, Nepal
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- International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea
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- International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea
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- Child Health Division, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea
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Kaljee LM, Pach A, Thriemer K, Ley B, Jiddawi M, Puri M, Ochiai L, Wierzba T, Clemens J, Ali SM. Desirability for a typhoid fever vaccine among rural residents, Pemba Island, Tanzania. Vaccine 2013; 31:2994-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hepatitis E is an acute, viral hepatitis primarily transmitted through the fecal-oral route. The first major epidemic of hepatitis E virus (HEV) was reported in 1955 in Delhi, India. Since that time, numerous epidemics have been reported across the low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa. Even in the absence of large-scale outbreaks, hepatitis E is an important cause of clinical hepatitis. Serologic studies across Asia and Africa show a high prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies. Interest in hepatitis E has increased over the last two decades. However, there are many unanswered questions about the epidemiology of hepatitis E, including a low clinical illness rate in children and the high case fatality rate in pregnant women. Widespread usage of a hepatitis E vaccine may serve to relieve the burden of HEV disease in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.
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- Brittany Kmush
- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Thriemer K, Ley B, Ame SS, Deen JL, Pak GD, Chang NY, Hashim R, Schmied WH, Busch CJL, Nixon S, Morrissey A, Puri MK, Ochiai RL, Wierzba T, Clemens JD, Ali M, Jiddawi MS, von Seidlein L, Ali SM. Clinical and epidemiological features of typhoid fever in Pemba, Zanzibar: assessment of the performance of the WHO case definitions. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51823. [PMID: 23284780 PMCID: PMC3527440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The gold standard for diagnosis of typhoid fever is blood culture (BC). Because blood culture is often not available in impoverished settings it would be helpful to have alternative diagnostic approaches. We therefore investigated the usefulness of clinical signs, WHO case definition and Widal test for the diagnosis of typhoid fever. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Participants with a body temperature ≥37.5°C or a history of fever were enrolled over 17 to 22 months in three hospitals on Pemba Island, Tanzania. Clinical signs and symptoms of participants upon presentation as well as blood and serum for BC and Widal testing were collected. Clinical signs and symptoms of typhoid fever cases were compared to other cases of invasive bacterial diseases and BC negative participants. The relationship of typhoid fever cases with rainfall, temperature, and religious festivals was explored. The performance of the WHO case definitions for suspected and probable typhoid fever and a local cut off titre for the Widal test was assessed. 79 of 2209 participants had invasive bacterial disease. 46 isolates were identified as typhoid fever. Apart from a longer duration of fever prior to admission clinical signs and symptoms were not significantly different among patients with typhoid fever than from other febrile patients. We did not detect any significant seasonal patterns nor correlation with rainfall or festivals. The sensitivity and specificity of the WHO case definition for suspected and probable typhoid fever were 82.6% and 41.3% and 36.3 and 99.7% respectively. Sensitivity and specificity of the Widal test was 47.8% and 99.4 both forfor O-agglutinin and H- agglutinin at a cut-off titre of 1:80. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Typhoid fever prevalence rates on Pemba are high and its clinical signs and symptoms are non-specific. The sensitivity of the Widal test is low and the WHO case definition performed better than the Widal test.
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Kaljee LM, Pach A, Thriemer K, Ley B, Ali SM, Jiddawi M, Puri M, von Seidlein L, Deen J, Ochiai L, Wierzba T, Clemens J. Utilization and accessibility of healthcare on Pemba Island, Tanzania: implications for health outcomes and disease surveillance for typhoid fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012. [PMID: 23208887 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (S. Typhi) was estimated to cause over 200,000 deaths and more than 21 million illnesses worldwide, including over 400,000 illnesses in Africa. The current study was conducted in four villages on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, in 2010. We present data on policy makers', health administrators', and village residents' and leaders' perceptions of typhoid fever, and hypothetical and actual health care use among village residents for typhoid fever. Qualitative data provided descriptions of home-based treatment practices and use of western pharmaceuticals, and actual healthcare use for culture-confirmed typhoid fever. Survey data indicate health facility use was associated with gender, education, residency, and perceptions of severity for symptoms associated with typhoid fever. Data have implications for education of policy makers and health administrators, design and implementation of surveillance studies, and community-based interventions to prevent disease outbreaks, decrease risks of complications, and provide information about disease recognition, diagnosis, and treatment.
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- Linda M Kaljee
- Wayne State University, Pediatric Prevention Research Center, The Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
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Sahastrabuddhe S, Panzner U, Thiem V, Wierzba T, Anh D, Ochiai R. Role of vaccination in preventing typhoid fever: experience from Vietnam. Int J Infect Dis 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Ley B, Khatib AM, Thriemer K, von Seidlein L, Deen J, Mukhopadyay A, Chang NY, Hashim R, Schmied W, Busch CJL, Reyburn R, Wierzba T, Clemens JD, Wilfing H, Enwere G, Aguado T, Jiddawi MS, Sack D, Ali SM. Evaluation of a rapid dipstick (Crystal VC) for the diagnosis of cholera in Zanzibar and a comparison with previous studies. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36930. [PMID: 22662131 PMCID: PMC3360732 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The gold standard for the diagnosis of cholera is stool culture, but this requires laboratory facilities and takes at least 24 hours. A rapid diagnostic test (RDT) that can be used by minimally trained staff at treatment centers could potentially improve the reporting and management of cholera outbreaks. METHODS We evaluated the Crystal VC™ RDT under field conditions in Zanzibar in 2009. Patients presenting to treatment centers with watery diarrhea provided a stool sample for rapid diagnostic testing. Results were compared to stool culture performed in a reference laboratory. We assessed the overall performance of the RDT and evaluated whether previous intake of antibiotics, intravenous fluids, location of testing, and skill level of the technician affected the RDT results. RESULTS We included stool samples from 624 patients. Compared to culture, the overall sensitivity of the RDT was 93.1% (95%CI: 88.7 to 96.2%), specificity was 49.2% (95%CI: 44.3 to 54.1%), the positive predictive value was 47.0% (95%CI: 42.1 to 52.0%) and the negative predictive value was 93.6% (95%CI: 89.6 to 96.5%). The overall false positivity rate was 50.8% (213/419); fieldworkers frequently misread very faint test lines as positive. CONCLUSION The observed sensitivity of the Crystal VC RDT evaluated was similar compared to earlier versions, while specificity was poorer. The current version of the RDT could potentially be used as a screening tool in the field. Because of the high proportion of false positive results when field workers test stool specimens, positive results will need to be confirmed with stool culture.
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- Benedikt Ley
- Translational Research Division, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea.
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Thriemer K, Ley B, Ame S, von Seidlein L, Pak GD, Chang NY, Hashim R, Schmied WH, Busch CJL, Nixon S, Morrissey A, Puri MK, Ali M, Ochiai RL, Wierzba T, Jiddawi MS, Clemens JD, Ali SM, Deen JL. The burden of invasive bacterial infections in Pemba, Zanzibar. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30350. [PMID: 22363426 PMCID: PMC3281825 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background We conducted a surveillance study to determine the leading causes of bloodstream infection in febrile patients seeking treatment at three district hospitals in Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, an area with low malaria transmission. Methods All patients above two months of age presenting to hospital with fever were screened, and blood was collected for microbiologic culture and malaria testing. Bacterial sepsis and malaria crude incidence rates were calculated for a one-year period and were adjusted for study participation and diagnostic sensitivity of blood culture. Results Blood culture was performed on 2,209 patients. Among them, 166 (8%) samples yielded bacterial growth; 87 (4%) were considered as likely contaminants; and 79 (4%) as pathogenic bacteria. The most frequent pathogenic bacteria isolated were Salmonella Typhi (n = 46; 58%), followed by Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 12; 15%). The crude bacteremia rate was 6/100,000 but when adjusted for potentially missed cases the rate may be as high as 163/100,000. Crude and adjusted rates for S. Typhi infections and malaria were 4 and 110/100,000 and 4 and 47/100,000, respectively. Twenty three (51%), 22 (49%) and 22 (49%) of the S.Typhi isolates were found to be resistant toward ampicillin, chloramphenicol and cotrimoxazole, respectively. Multidrug resistance (MDR) against the three antimicrobials was detected in 42% of the isolates. Conclusions In the presence of very low malaria incidence we found high rates of S. Typhi and S. pneumoniae infections on Pemba Island, Zanzibar. Preventive measures such as vaccination could reduce the febrile disease burden.
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Joshi AB, Banjara MR, Wierzba T. Should vaccination be a priority approach for Japanese encephalitis prevention in Nepal? JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2005; 44:31. [PMID: 16152681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
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- A B Joshi
- Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Joshi AB, Banjara MR, Wierzba T. Should Vaccination be a Priority Approach for Japanese Encephalitis Prevention in Nepal ? JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2005. [DOI: 10.31729/jnma.427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Botros BA, Sobh M, Wierzba T, Arthur RR, Mohareb EW, Frenck R, El Refaie A, Mahmoud I, Chapman GD, Graham RR. Prevalence of hantavirus antibody in patients with chronic renal disease in Egypt. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2004; 98:331-6. [PMID: 15099987 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)00063-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2003] [Revised: 09/29/2003] [Accepted: 09/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In Egypt, the etiology of chronic renal failure (CRF) is not well defined. A hospital-based case-control study was initiated in February 1998, to determine whether hantavirus infection is involved in chronic renal disease (CRD) in Egypt. The study enrolled 350 study patients with a history of CRF and 695 matched controls with CRD due to renal calculus or renal cancer, but with normal renal functions. Sera from cases and controls were tested for anti-hantavirus IgG using ELISA with a cell-lysate antigen from Hantaan virus prototype strain 76-118. A demographic questionnaire was completed for each study participant. Five of the 350 cases (1.4%), and seven of the 695 controls (1.0%) were antibody-positive to hantavirus, with a titer > or =1:400. The difference in antibody prevalence between the study cases and the control cases was not statistically significant (P = 0.48). All antibody-positive study cases and controls had been exposed to rodents. Data indicated that in Egypt, hantavirus seroprevalence in CRD patients is low, and hantavirus infections do not appear to be a significant cause of CRF.
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- B A Botros
- U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Code 303, BAB, PSC 452, Box 5000, FPO AE 09835-0007, Cairo, Egypt.
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Clemens J, Savarino S, Abu-Elyazeed R, Safwat M, Rao M, Wierzba T, Svennerholm AM, Holmgren J, Frenck R, Park E, Naficy A. Development of pathogenicity-driven definitions of outcomes for a field trial of a killed oral vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Egypt: application of an evidence-based method. J Infect Dis 2004; 189:2299-307. [PMID: 15181579 DOI: 10.1086/386288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2003] [Accepted: 11/13/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To design an efficacy trial of a killed oral vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) diarrhea in Egyptian children, we derived for ETEC diarrhea an empirical definition that increased the probability that diarrhea associated with excretion of ETEC was caused by the detected ETEC. METHODS We conducted a cohort study of 397 Egyptian children <24 months old and monitored them until they were 3 years old. Vaccine-preventable (VP) ETEC was defined as ETEC expressing >/=1 of the toxin- (heat-labile [LT] toxin) and colonization-factor antigens (CFA I, II, and IV) in the vaccine. RESULTS Although fecal excretion of VP-ETEC was highly associated with diarrhea, excretion of LT-ETEC per se was not related to diarrhea (adjusted odds ratio [OR(A)], 1.16 [95% confidence interval [CI], 0.90-1.49]). The fecal excretion of antigenic types of VP-ETEC other than LT-ETEC (non-LT VP-ETEC) was highly associated with diarrheal symptoms (OR(A), 3.91 [95% CI, 2.78-5.49]; P<.001), and this association was greater for nonbloody than for bloody diarrhea. CONCLUSIONS Because the vaccine had been anticipated to protect primarily against symptomatic ETEC diarrhea, these results indicate that the primary-outcome definition of ETEC diarrhea for the trial should be restricted to nonbloody diarrheal episodes associated with fecal excretion of non-LT VP-ETEC.
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Frenck RW, Mansour A, Nakhla I, Sultan Y, Putnam S, Wierzba T, Morsy M, Knirsch C. Short‐Course Azithromycin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Typhoid Fever in Children and Adolescents. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38:951-7. [PMID: 15034826 DOI: 10.1086/382359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2003] [Accepted: 12/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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We studied 149 children and adolescents 3-17 years of age with clinical typhoid fever who were treated with either oral azithromycin (20 mg/kg per day; maximum dose, 1000 mg/day) or intravenous ceftriaxone (75 mg/day; maximum dose, 2.5 g/day) daily for 5 days. Blood and stool specimens were obtained for culture before the initiation of therapy and were repeated on days 4 and 8 of treatment. Isolation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi or S. enterica serovar Paratyphi from the initial culture was required for inclusion in the final analysis. S. Typhi was isolated from 68 patients, 32 of whom were receiving azithromycin. Cure was achieved in 30 (94%) of 32 patients in the azithromycin group and in 35 (97%) of 36 patients in the ceftriaxone group (P=NS). Mean time to clearance of bacteremia was longer in the azithromycin group than in the ceftriaxone group. No patient who received azithromycin had a relapse, compared with 6 patients who received ceftriaxone. A 5-day course of azithromycin was found to be an effective treatment for uncomplicated typhoid fever in children and adolescents.
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Derdowska I, Prahl A, Neubert K, Hartrodt B, Kania A, Dobrowolski D, Melhem S, Trzeciak HI, Wierzba T, Lammek B. New analogues of bradykinin containing a conformationally restricted dipeptide fragment in their molecules. J Pept Res 2001; 57:11-8. [PMID: 11168884 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.2001.00811.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The present paper describes the synthesis and some pharmacological properties of two new bradykinin analogues containing the ethylene-bridged dipeptide Phe-Phe in their molecules. In a further two peptides this modification was combined with acylation of the N-terminus with 1-adamantaneacetic acid. Finally, we synthesized four analogues by removing the Ser6 residue from the four peptides mentioned above. The activity of the new analogues was assayed on isolated rat uterus (RUT) and in rat blood pressure tests (BPT). The results clearly indicate that the proposed modification, alone or in combination with other changes, resulted in either a drop in antiuterotonic activity or even in conversion to an agonism. Although this tendency is not so distinct in blood pressure assays, the antagonistic potency of the new analogues is also diminished. Nevertheless, it was demonstrated that the D-amino acid in position 7 which, until recently, was considered necessary for antagonism, may be replaced, together with the amino acid occupying position 8, by a suitable, sterically restricted L,L-dipeptide unit.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Poland
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Clemens J, Elyazeed RA, Rao M, Savarino S, Morsy BZ, Kim Y, Wierzba T, Naficy A, Lee YJ. Early initiation of breastfeeding and the risk of infant diarrhea in rural Egypt. Pediatrics 1999; 104:e3. [PMID: 10390289 DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.1.e3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Initiation of breastfeeding shortly after delivery may enhance breastfeeding's protective effect against diarrhea because of the protective properties of human colostrum contained in early breast milk. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether initiation of breastfeeding within the first 3 days of life, when breast milk contains colostrum, was associated with a lower rate of diarrhea in rural Egyptian infants during the first 6 months of life. METHODS Infants initially breastfed (n = 198) were monitored prospectively with twice-weekly home visits to ascertain dietary practices and diarrheal illnesses. RESULTS The burden of diarrhea during the first 6 months of life in the cohort was high: seven episodes per child-year of follow-up. Only 151 (76%) infants initiated breastfeeding during the first 3 days of life ("early initiation"). Infants in whom breastfeeding was initiated early had a 26% (95% CI: 2%,44%) lower rate of diarrhea than those initiated late. The protective association between early initiation and diarrhea was independent of the pattern of postinitiation dietary practices and was evident throughout the first 6 months of life. CONCLUSIONS Early initiation of breastfeeding was associated with a marked reduction of the rate of diarrhea throughout the first 6 months of life, possibly because of the salutary effects of human colostrum. These data highlight the need for interventions to encourage early initiation of breastfeeding in less developed settings.
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- J Clemens
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Bassily S, Frenck RW, Mohareb EW, Wierzba T, Savarino S, Hall E, Kotkat A, Naficy A, Hyams KC, Clemens J. Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori among Egyptian newborns and their mothers: a preliminary report. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999; 61:37-40. [PMID: 10432052 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common human bacterial infections in the world and children in the developing countries acquire H. pylori infection early in life. We prospectively evaluated the prevalence of serum antibodies to H. pylori in a cohort of pregnant women and their offspring. Mothers' sera were collected during the third trimester of pregnancy and sera from their offspring were collected when they were 7-9 months and 18 months of age. Pylori-Stat, a commercially available ELISA kit, was used to detect antibodies to H. pylori in the serum of the subjects tested. Sera from 169 mothers were available for testing and 88% of these samples were positive for anti-H. pylori IgG. Of the 169 children tested, 13% of the infants 7-9 months of age and 25% of the children 18 months of age had serologic evidence of H. pylori infection. These data indicate that infection with H. pylori is common in Egypt and acquisition of infection occurs at a very young age.
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- S Bassily
- U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt
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Savarino SJ, Brown FM, Hall E, Bassily S, Youssef F, Wierzba T, Peruski L, El-Masry NA, Safwat M, Rao M, Jertborn M, Svennerholm AM, Lee YJ, Clemens JD. Safety and immunogenicity of an oral, killed enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-cholera toxin B subunit vaccine in Egyptian adults. J Infect Dis 1998; 177:796-9. [PMID: 9498468 DOI: 10.1086/517812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the leading cause of bacterial diarrhea in young children in developing countries. The safety and immunogenicity of a killed, oral ETEC vaccine consisting of whole cells plus recombinantly produced cholera toxin B subunit (rCTB) was evaluated in Egypt, which is endemic for ETEC diarrhea. Seventy-four healthy Egyptian adults (21-45 years old) were randomized and received two doses of the ETEC/rCTB vaccine (E003) or placebo 2 weeks apart. The frequency of adverse events after either dose did not differ by treatment group, and no severe adverse events were reported. After vaccination, peripheral blood IgA B cell responses to CTB (100%) and to vaccine colonization factor antigens CFA/I (94%), CS4 (100%), CS2 (81%), and CS1 (69%) were significantly higher than response rates for the placebo group. These favorable results in Egyptian adults indicate that the ETEC/rCTB vaccine is a promising candidate for evaluation in younger age groups in this setting.
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- S J Savarino
- US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
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O'Brien J, Wierzba T, Knott S, Pikacha J. Measuring maternal mortality in developing Pacific island countries: experience with the sisterhood method in the Solomon Islands. N Z Med J 1994; 107:268-9. [PMID: 8022583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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AIMS To estimate the maternal mortality rate in the Solomon Islands, and to assist health planning and implementation of effective interventions. METHOD The sisterhood method, an indirect technique for deriving population-based estimates of maternal mortality was used in interviews with 2580 randomly chosen women reporting on the fertility and mortality experience of their sisters. RESULTS The maternal mortality ratio in this study was 549 per 100,000 (95% CI 431, 684). This equates to one maternal death in every 180 pregnancies. CONCLUSION The sisterhood method was found to be easy to administer, inexpensive and quick, and is recommended as a measurement tool to other developing countries.
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Wang YX, Gavras I, Wierzba T, Gavras H. Comparison of systemic and regional hemodynamic effects of a diuretic, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, and an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in conscious renovascular hypertensive rats. J Lab Clin Med 1992; 119:267-72. [PMID: 1541876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The present experiments were designed to compare the antihypertensive action and the systemic and regional hemodynamic effects of a diuretic (furosemide), an angiotensin II (AngII) receptor blocker (Dup 753), and an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (enalapril) in conscious, two-kidney, one-clip renovascular hypertensive rats by the radioactive microsphere technique. Measurements were done 3 hours after a single dose treatment. Furosemide (20 mg/kg) produced a marked diuresis and tachycardia with no change in blood pressure; in comparison with control rats, furosemide-treated rats had total peripheral vascular resistance increased by 46.55% (p less than 0.01) and local vascular resistance increased in most organs, to a significant degree in the spleen, muscle, stomach, intestine, and skin (p less than 0.05 to 0.01). Dup 753 (20 mg/kg) and enalapril (10 mg/kg) decreased mean blood pressure by 41.89 +/- 7.17 mm Hg and 47.13 +/- 8.67 mm Hg, respectively (p less than 0.01), with tachycardia only in the Dup 753 group. Total peripheral and local vascular resistances in several tissues were significantly lower in both the Dup 753 and enalapril groups than in the furosemide group. In particular, both antiangiotensin agents, in contrast to furosemide, produced significant decrease in renal vascular resistance by 42.28% and 38.81%, respectively (p less than 0.01), with a tendency to increase the renal blood flow (of the intact kidney). No detectable differences were found in systemic and regional hemodynamic changes between the Dup 753 and enalapril group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Y X Wang
- Hypertension Section, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, MA
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Lammek B, Konieczna E, Wierzba T, Wang YX, Gavras H. Synthesis and some pharmacological properties of new V1/V2 antagonists of arginine-vasopressin with structural changes at their N-terminals. Pol J Pharmacol Pharm 1992; 44:179-86. [PMID: 1409118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In an effort to develop more effective and selective V2-antagonists of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) we designed and synthesized four new analogs of this hormone. The peptides were designed in order to explore how the combination of modification of thioacids occupying position 1 and substitutions of positions 2 and 4 by D-Phe and Ile respectively, will influence their antagonistic properties. Three of the reported analogs are moderately potent V1/V2 antagonists.
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- B Lammek
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Poland
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We assessed the vasodilator effect of endothelium-derived nitric oxide by inhibiting its formation with NG-monomethyl L-arginine (LNMMA) on systemic and regional hemodynamics in conscious, normotensive rats, using the radioactive microsphere technique. In rats injected with 10 mg/kg LNMMA (n = 8), mean blood pressure increased by 16.2 +/- 2.6 mm Hg, and heart rate decreased by 54.3 +/- 16.7 beats per minute. In comparison with rats injected with 5% dextrose (n = 14), cardiac index was lower by 35.6% (p less than 0.01), and total peripheral vascular resistance was higher by 51.6% (p less than 0.01); regional blood flows were lower and vascular resistance higher in most organs. Changes were significant in the heart, kidney, stomach, large intestine, skin, and adrenals (p less than 0.05). Preinjection of 100 mg/kg L-arginine prevented the pressor response but only partially attenuated the other hemodynamic effects of LNMMA. Combination of LNMMA with the bradykinin antagonist (D-Arg-Arg-Pro-Hyp-Gly-Thi-Ser-D-Phe-Thi-Arg)trifluoroacetic acid (50 micrograms/min for 5 minutes) did not produce systemic or regional effects different from those obtained with LNMMA alone. Combination of LNMMA with indomethacin (10 mg/kg) resulted in additional changes in the cerebral circulation, blood flow decreasing by an additional 44.2% (p less than 0.01) and vascular resistance increasing by 75.3% (p less than 0.01) compared with changes produced by LNMMA alone.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Hypertension Section, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Mass
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To develop guidelines for community health workers in the treatment of patients with diarrhoea, diarrhoea prevalence was actively surveyed for a year in a remote rural community of 915,000 persons, and the enteric pathogens and clinical features associated with diarrhoeal illness were determined in a sample of 300 patients. Bloody diarrhoea accounted for 39% of all diarrhoea episodes and 62% of diarrhoea-associated deaths. 51 (50%) of 101 patients with a history of bloody diarrhoea had Shigella infection, compared with 31 (16%) of 199 patients with other types of diarrhoea. A history of bloody diarrhoea was as predictive of the presence of shigella infection (positive predictive value 50%, negative predictive value 86%) as more complex prediction schemes incorporating other clinical features or stool microscopic examination. In the area of Bangladesh where the study was done reduction of diarrhoea-related morbidity and mortality will depend on control and treatment of shigellosis, and community health workers have been instructed to provide antibiotics for patients with a history of bloody dysentery.
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Wierzba T. [Effect of hypoxia on cerebral microcirculation in rat]. Neuropatol Pol 1977; 15:183-91. [PMID: 887193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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