PROCUREMENT OF CATEGORY 2 VACCINES IN CHINA

Procurement of Category 2 Vaccines in China

Internationally, vaccine pricing is relatively opaque, although many low- or lower-middle-income countries belong to international consortiums that jointly procure vaccines.China procures vaccines domestically, and vaccines that require payment from the public (“category 2 vaccines”), have undergone several regulatory changes over the p

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Identification of Sphingomyelinase on the Surface of Chlamydia pneumoniae: Possible Role in the Entry into Its Host Cells

We have recently suggested a novel mechanism, autoendocytosis, for the entry of certain microbes into their hosts, with a knob creek apparel key role played by the sphingomyelinase-catalyzed topical conversion of sphingomyelin to ceramide, the differences in the biophysical properties of these two lipids providing the driving force.The only require

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