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New preventive strategy to eliminate measles, mumps and rubella from Europe based on the serological assessment of herd immunity levels in the population by Plans, P.

“…Herd immunity blocks the transmission of measles, mumps and rubella in a population group when the prevalence of positive serologic results ( p ) is higher…”
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Why does measles persist in Europe? by Plans-Rubió, P.

“…Several reasons may explain why measles was not eliminated by 2015 and continues to persist in Europe, including low measles vaccination coverage, low…”
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New preventive strategy to eliminate measles, mumps and rubella from Europe based on the serological assessment of herd immunity levels in the population by PLANS, P

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Is the basic reproductive number (R(0)) for measles viruses observed in recent outbreaks lower than in the pre-vaccination era? by Plans Rubio, P

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Clinical characteristics and pertussis costs in cases reported to epidemiological services and cases detected in household contacts in Catalonia (Spain) by Plans, P., Muñoz-Almagro, C., Godoy, P., Jané, M., Carmona, G.

“…Purpose To assess the clinical characteristics and direct health costs associated with pertussis cases reported to and confirmed by epidemiological services…”
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Effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccination during childhood (<7 years of age) for preventing pertussis in household contacts 1–9 years old in Catalonia and Navarra (Spain) by Plans, P., Toledo, D., Sala, M. R., Camps, N., Villanova, M., Rodríguez, R., Alvarez, J., Solano, R., García-Cenoz, M., Barrabeig, I., Godoy, P., Minguell, S.

“…Pertussis vaccination with 4–5 doses of acellular vaccines is recommended in Spain to all children at 2 months to 6 years of age. The effectiveness of the…”
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Prevalence of anti-rubella, anti-measles and anti-mumps IgG antibodies in neonates and pregnant women in Catalonia (Spain) in 2013: susceptibility to measles increased from 2003 to 2013 by Plans, P., de Ory, F., Campins, M., Álvarez, E., Payà, T., Guisasola, E., Compte, C., Vellbé, K., Sánchez, C., Lozano, M. J., Aran, I., Bonmatí, A., Carreras, R., Jané, M., Cabero, L.

“…Non-immune neonates and non-immune pregnant women are at risk of developing rubella, measles and mumps infections, including congenital rubella syndrome. We…”
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Factors influencing the spread of pertussis in households: a prospective study, Catalonia and Navarre, Spain, 2012 to 2013 by Godoy, Pere, García-Cenoz, Manuel, Toledo, Diana, Carmona, Glòria, Caylà, Joan A, Alsedà, Miquel, Àlvarez, Josep, Barrabeig, Irene, Camps, Neus, Plans, Pere, Company, María, Castilla, Jesús, Sala-Farré, Maria-Rosa, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, Rius, Cristina, Domínguez, Àngela

“…We aimed to investigate transmission rates of pertussis in household contacts of cases and factors associated with transmission. A prospective epidemiological…”
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Prevalence of varicella‐zoster antibodies in pregnant women in Catalonia (Spain). Rationale for varicella vaccination of women of childbearing age by Plans, P, Costa, J, Espuñes, J, Plasència, A, Salleras, L

“…Objective  The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of antibodies against varicella‐zoster virus (VZV) in pregnant women in Catalonia…”
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Declining prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Catalonia (Spain) 12 years after the introduction of universal vaccination by Salleras, L, Domínguez, A, Bruguera, M, Plans, P, Costa, J, Cardeñosa, N, Batalla, J, Plasència, A

“…Abstract Aims To analyze the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection markers and hepatitis B vaccination in a representative sample of the juvenile and adult…”
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Seroprevalence of measles, rubella, and mumps antibodies in Catalonia, Spain: results of a cross-sectional study by Domínguez, A, Plans, P, Costa, J, Torner, N, Cardenosa, N, Batalla, J, Plasencia, A, Salleras, L

“…Determination of antibody levels against vaccine-preventable diseases is of great value to assess immunization programmes. The objective of this study was to…”
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The seroepidemiology of B. pertussis infection in Catalonia, Spain by DOMÍNGUEZ, A., VIDAL, J., PLANS, P., SALLERAS, L.

“…A survey of the seroprevalence of pertussis antibodies in a representative sample of the population from Catalonia was carried out. Ninety-seven municipalities…”
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The seroepidemiology of tetanus in Catalonia, Spain by DOMINGUEZ, A, PLANS, P, COSTA, J, ESPUNES, J, CARDENOSA, N, SALLERAS, L, PLASENCIA, A

“…Titres of anti-tetanus toxin antibodies > or = 0.1 IU/ml were determined using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in representative samples of the juvenile…”
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Mobile Ad Hoc Network-Enabled Collaboration Framework Supporting Civil Engineering Emergency Response Operations by Peña-Mora, Feniosky, Chen, Albert Y, Aziz, Zeeshan, Soibelman, Lucio, Liu, Liang Y, El-Rayes, Khaled, Arboleda, Carlos A, Lantz, Timothy S, Plans, Albert P, Lakhera, Sanyogita, Mathur, Shobhit

“…This paper presents an information-technology-based collaboration framework that facilitates disaster response operations. The collaboration framework…”
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Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Catalonia (Spain) by Plans, P., Pardell, H., Ll. Salleras

“…Cardiovascular disease is one of the most important public health problems in developed countries. We have studied the epidemiology of the following…”
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Coste-efectividad de la vacunación antineumocócica 23-valente en Cataluña by Plans, P.

“…La vacunación antineumocócica es un procedimiento efectivo para prevenir la neumonía neumocócica. En este estudio se ha evaluado el coste-efectividad de las…”
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Measles immunity and vaccination policy in Catalonia by Domı́nguez, A, Vidal, J, Plans, P, Carmona, G, Godoy, P, Batalla, J, Salleras, L

“…The prevalence of antibodies against measles in a representative sample of the school population in Catalonia was established and the results compared with…”
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Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for tuberculosis in young adults: a case-control study by Alcaide, J, Altet, M N, Plans, P, Parrón, I, Folguera, L, Saltó, E, Domínguez, A, Pardell, H, Salleras, L

“…The association between smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis has not often been studied. To assess the influence of cigarette smoking on the development of…”
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Passive smoking and risk of pulmonary tuberculosis in children immediately following infection. A case-control study by Altet, M.N., Alcaide, J., Plans, P., Taberner, J.L., Saltó, E., Folguera, Ll, Salleras, Ll

“…Setting: Passive smoking-related respiratory disorders in children. Objectives: To assess the effect of passive smoking on the development of active pulmonary…”
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Cost-effectiveness of dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia in Spain by Rubió, P Plans

“…Background: Dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia is one of the most frequently proposed measures to prevent cardiovascular disease. In this study…”
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