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ReviewJournal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry

Adult Immunization - Need of the Hour.

Abhishek Jairaj, P Shirisha, Muqthadir Siddiqui Mohammad Abdul, Urooj Fatima, Rahul Vinay Chandra Tiwari, Muhamood Moothedath

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Review in Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Abhishek JairajFaculty of Dentistry, AIMST University, Bedong, Malaysia.
P ShirishaDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Muqthadir Siddiqui Mohammad AbdulDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry, Ministry of Health, King Khaled Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Urooj FatimaSkin and Laser Care Centre, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rahul Vinay Chandra TiwariDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry, Jubilee Mission Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Muhamood MoothedathDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, College of Applied Health Sciences in Ar Rass, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras · INJubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute · INQassim University · SASulaiman Al Rajhi Colleges · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunization is the process of making individuals immune. Childhood immunization is a common process for various aliments, but adult immunization in the Indian scenario is obscure. Officially, India has been declared polio-free, which is an achievement despite cultural, political, economic, geographic, and so many other factors. The changing demographics of adult, geriatric population and growing cost of health-care maintenance are a concern in developing countries like India. Thus, promoting healthy lifestyle needs prevention, early detection, and management of various diseases and disorders. Certainly, prevention in adults is yet to be tapped completely, so that goal of 100% prevention can be achieved. Various fraternities of medical association have come up with guidelines for adult immunization schedules in India. The present paper reviews infectious diseases such as anthrax, chikungunya, cholera, dengue, influenza, and malaria in this section of the review. We humbly request all health-care professionals and educators to educate the mass for adult immunization. So that, cost involved for treatment and workforce for the management of diseases can be better utilized in some other needed areas.

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Anthraxchikungunyacholeradengueinfluenzamalaria

Identifiers

PMID30596036
PMCPMC6280562
OpenAlexW2501680264

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