Dulcis Simó's research while affiliated with Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and other places

Publications (5)

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A prospective observational naturalistic study was conducted to assess the reactogenicity of the combined hepatitis A and hepatitis B (HAB) vaccine in a real-life setting. All healthy candidates for HAB vaccination attending an adult vaccination centre between October 1998 and February 2000 were invited to participate in the study. A follow-up diar...
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IntroductionReactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a persistent source of disease in patients undergoing hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (HPT). The objective of this study was to determine whether the immunodeficient status of HPT patients is due to loss of immunity or to previous immunodeficiency and to measure the possi...
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Noncompliance with vaccination schedules undermines the potential benefits of immunization. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a reminder of the next vaccine dose sent by the Short Messaging Service (SMS) to the vaccinee's mobile phone increases compliance with hepatitis A + B and hepatitis A vaccination schedule. In this experimenta...
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A prospective observational naturalistic study was conducted at a vaccination center to assess the reactogenicity of tetanus-diphtheria (adult-type) (Td) vaccine. In 1 year, 3072 adult subjects were invited to participate, of whom 1977 (62% women, mean age [+/- SD]: 39 [+/- 14.5] years [range: 18-85 years]) actively did so. A follow-up diary card w...

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... In addition, most of the reported AEs were mild and subsided within 2-3 day. 11 Viella et al. 12 evaluated the safety and reactogenicity of the Td vaccine for over 3000 subjects and reported that the most common local AE was pain. In this study, we were able to verify these known characteristics of Td vaccine. ...
... Because of the continual microbe interaction with our skin, certain microbial species become colonised. The skin surface area of an adult human averages 2 m 2 , and each individual can support around 1012 bacterial cells (8) . Mobile phones are in close proximity to the hands, mouth, nose, and ears of people when they are on the phone (9) , The possibility of possible germs on the skin colonising the mobile phones grows with this touch. ...