VACCINE HESITANCY AND THE RESURGENCE OF VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES: THE WAY FORWARD FOR MALAYSIA, A SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY

Vaccine hesitancy and the resurgence of vaccine preventable diseases: the way forward for Malaysia, a Southeast Asian country

This study engaged health professionals in in-depth, semi-structured interviews to explore their opinions concerning the issues surrounding vaccine hesitancy in Malaysia and strategies to improve vaccination to stamp the rise of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs).Opinions on how to address the resurgence of VPDs in the era of increasing vaccine he

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Geographical distribution and genetic characterization of pfhrp2 negative Plasmodium falciparum parasites in the Peruvian Amazon

Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have been evaluated in the Peruvian Amazon region and their performance has been variable.This region is known for being the first with documented evidence of wild Plasmodium falciparum parasites lacking pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 genes, leading to false-positive results with HRP2-based RDTs.In our attempt to further ch

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