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      The how’s and what’s of vaccine reactogenicity

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          Reactogenicity represents the physical manifestation of the inflammatory response to vaccination, and can include injection-site pain, redness, swelling or induration at the injection site, as well as systemic symptoms, such as fever, myalgia, or headache. The experience of symptoms following vaccination can lead to needle fear, long-term negative attitudes and non-compliant behaviours, which undermine the public health impact of vaccination. This review presents current knowledge on the potential causes of reactogenicity, and how host characteristics, vaccine administration and composition factors can influence the development and perception of reactogenicity. The intent is to provide an overview of reactogenicity after vaccination to help the vaccine community, including healthcare professionals, in maintaining confidence in vaccines by promoting vaccination, setting expectations for vaccinees about what might occur after vaccination and reducing anxiety by managing the vaccination setting.

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          The State of Vaccine Confidence 2016: Global Insights Through a 67-Country Survey

          Heidi Larson, Alexandre de Figueiredo, Zhao Xiahong … (2016)
          Background Public trust in immunization is an increasingly important global health issue. Losses in confidence in vaccines and immunization programmes can lead to vaccine reluctance and refusal, risking disease outbreaks and challenging immunization goals in high- and low-income settings. National and international immunization stakeholders have called for better monitoring of vaccine confidence to identify emerging concerns before they evolve into vaccine confidence crises. Methods We perform a large-scale, data-driven study on worldwide attitudes to immunizations. This survey – which we believe represents the largest survey on confidence in immunization to date – examines perceptions of vaccine importance, safety, effectiveness, and religious compatibility among 65,819 individuals across 67 countries. Hierarchical models are employed to probe relationships between individual- and country-level socio-economic factors and vaccine attitudes obtained through the four-question, Likert-scale survey. Findings Overall sentiment towards vaccinations is positive across all 67 countries, however there is wide variability between countries and across world regions. Vaccine-safety related sentiment is particularly negative in the European region, which has seven of the ten least confident countries, with 41% of respondents in France and 36% of respondents in Bosnia & Herzegovina reporting that they disagree that vaccines are safe (compared to a global average of 13%). The oldest age group (65+) and Roman Catholics (amongst all faiths surveyed) are associated with positive views on vaccine sentiment, while the Western Pacific region reported the highest level of religious incompatibility with vaccines. Countries with high levels of schooling and good access to health services are associated with lower rates of positive sentiment, pointing to an emerging inverse relationship between vaccine sentiments and socio-economic status. Conclusions Regular monitoring of vaccine attitudes – coupled with monitoring of local immunization rates – at the national and sub-national levels can identify populations with declining confidence and acceptance. These populations should be prioritized to further investigate the drivers of negative sentiment and to inform appropriate interventions to prevent adverse public health outcomes.
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            Interactions between the immune and nervous systems in pain.

            Ke Ren, Ronald Dubner (2010)
            Immune cells and glia interact with neurons to alter pain sensitivity and to mediate the transition from acute to chronic pain. In response to injury, resident immune cells are activated and blood-borne immune cells are recruited to the site of injury. Immune cells not only contribute to immune protection but also initiate the sensitization of peripheral nociceptors. Through the synthesis and release of inflammatory mediators and interactions with neurotransmitters and their receptors, the immune cells, glia and neurons form an integrated network that coordinates immune responses and modulates the excitability of pain pathways. The immune system also reduces sensitization by producing immune-derived analgesic and anti-inflammatory or proresolution agents. A greater understanding of the role of the immune system in pain processing and modulation reveals potential targets for analgesic drug development and new therapeutic opportunities for managing chronic pain.
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              Host innate immune receptors and beyond: making sense of microbial infections.

              Atsushi Nakagawa, Shizuo Akira, Ken Ishii … (2008)
              The complexity of the immune system mirrors its manifold mechanisms of host-microbe interactions. A relatively simplified view was posited after the identification of host innate immune receptors that their distinct mechanisms of sensing "microbial signatures" create unique molecular switches to trigger the immune system. Recently, more sophisticated and cooperative strategies for these receptors have been revealed during receptor-ligand interactions, trafficking, and intra- and intercellular signaling, in order to deal with a diverse range of microbes. Continued mapping of the complex networks of host-microbe interactions may improve our understanding of self/non-self discrimination in immunity and its intervention.
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                Title: npj Vaccines
                Abbreviated Title: npj Vaccines
                Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
                ISSN (Electronic): 2059-0105
                Publication date Created: December 2019
                Publication date (Electronic): September 24 2019
                Publication date (Print): December 2019
                Volume: 4
                Issue: 1
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                DOI: 10.1038/s41541-019-0132-6
                SO-VID: 5c5e1919-72be-4f9e-a6ca-ff07be0ea73d
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