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Diphtheria vaccine is a formaldehyde-inactvated preparaton of diphtheria toxin, adsorbed onto a mineral carrier to increase its antgenicity and reduce adverse reactons. Immunized individuals can be infected by toxin-producing strains of diphtheria but systemic manifestatons of the disease do not occur. Tetanus-diphtheria vaccine for adults, adolescents and children over 10 years of age (Td), which has a reduced amount of diphtheria toxoid to reduce the risk of hypersensitvity reactons, is used for primary immunizaton in persons over the age of 10 years; it is also used for reinforcing immunizaton in persons over the age of 10 years in those countries that recommend it. Pertussis Pertussis (whooping cough) is a bacterial respiratory infec- ton caused by Bordetella pertussis. Whole cell vaccine composed of whole pertussis bacteria killed by chemicals or heat is efectve in preventng serious illness. It causes frequent local reactons and fever and rarely, it may be associated with neurological reactons. Neurological complicatons afer pertussis infecton are considerably more common than afer the vaccine. It is combined with diphthe- ria-tetanus vaccine for primary immunizaton unless immuni- zaton against pertussis is contraindicated. Single component pertussis vaccines are available in some countries for use when the pertussis component has been omited from all or part of the primary immunizaton Schedule An acellular form of the vaccine is also available. In some countries it is recommended that children with a personal or family history of febrile convulsions or a family history of idiopathic epilepsy should be immunized. Tetanus Tetanus is caused by the acton of a neurotoxin of Clostridium tetani in necrosed tssues such as occur in dirty wounds. Tetanus vaccine is available as a single component vaccine for primary immunizaton in adults who have not received childhood immunizaton against tetanus and for reinforcing immunizaton. The vaccine is also used in the preventon of neonatal tetanus and in the management of clean wounds and tetanus-prone wounds. Neonatal tetanus due to infecton of the baby’s umbilical stump during unclean delivery is the cause of many deaths of newborn infants. Control of neonatal tetanus may be achieved by ensuring adequate hygiene during delivery and by ensuring protectve immunity of mothers in late pregnancy. Tetanus vaccine is highly efectve and the efcacy of two doses during pregnancy in preventng neonatal tetanus ranges from 80-100%. Women of child-bearing age may be immunized by a course of 5 doses (3 primary and 2 reinforcing) of tetanus vaccine. Wounds are considered to be tetanus-prone if they are sustained either more than 6 h before surgical treatment of the wound or at any interval afer injury and show one or more of the following: a puncture-type wound, a signifcant degree of devitalized tssue, clinical evidence of sepsis, contamina- ton with soil/manure likely to contain tetanus organisms. Antbacterial prophylaxis (with benzylpeni- cillin or Amoxycillin with clavulanic acid, or metro- nidazole) may also be required for tetanus-prone wounds. It is transmited in blood and blood products, by sexual contact and by contact with infectous body fuids. Persons at increased risk of infec- ton because of their life-style, occupaton or other factors include parenteral drug abusers, individuals who change sexual partners frequently, health care workers who are at risk of injury from blood-stained sharp instruments and haemophiliacs. Also at risk are babies born to mothers who are HbsAg-positve (hepatts B virus surface antgen positve) and individuals who might acquire the infecton as the result of medical or dental procedures in countries of high preva- lence. The main public health consequences are chronic liver disease and liver cancer rather than acute infecton. Measles Vaccines: Measles is an acute viral infecton transmited by close respi- ratory contact. In some countries routne immunizaton of children against measles is given as one dose of a single compo- nent vaccine; in other areas, a two-dose schedule has been found to be more applicable. Poliomyelits Vaccines: Poliomyelits is an acute viral infecton spread by the faecal-oral route which can cause paralysis of varying degree. Oral poliomyelits vaccine may need to be repeated in patents with diarrhoea or vomitng. The need for strict personal hygiene must be stressed as the vaccine virus is excreted in the faeces.

The most significant avoiding substructure for β1- adrenoceptor ligands (50% of ligands) cheap 20 mg sarafem otc, which at the same time occurs in β2- and β3- adrenoceptor ligands generic sarafem 10 mg fast delivery, consisted of an aromatic chain linked by an ethyl group to nitrogen that was linked by an ethyl group to an oxygen generic sarafem 20 mg on-line. Common motif and example substructures for most significant substructures of the α-adrenoceptors ligands versus β-adrenoceptor ligands, in aromatic atoms and bonds representation. An example is phenoxybenzamine, a α1-receptor antagonist used to treat hypertension. Motif - Description Example Substructure Example Molecule I - Hydroxygroup linked with substituted amine group. Common motif and example substructures for most significant substructures of the β-adrenoceptor ligands versus α-adrenoceptors ligands, in aromatic bonds representation. An example drug containing this substructure is propranolol, a non-selective β-adrenoceptor antagonist (beta-blocker). Common motif and example substructures for most significant substructures of the dopamine receptor ligands, in aromatic atoms and bonds representation. An example drug that has motif I is clozapine, an antipsychotic 52 agent used in the treatment of schizophrenia. For the dopamine receptor ligands, two types of specific substructures were identified (Figure 11). The first substructure (in 30% of the ligands) consists of a chain of 4 to 5 aromatic atoms, connected to a nitrogen atom through a single carbon atom. This nitrogen is tertiary, as it is substituted with either two ethyl groups, or one methyl and one ethyl group. The second substructure (12% of the ligands) consists of two aromatic chains of five or six atoms long that are linked through a heteroatom connected to N- methylethyleneamine, e. In both example molecules in Figure 11, the substructures overlap with the piperazine ring. This implies that aromaticity is the important feature and not so much the type of ring system that is used. Motif - Description Example Substructure Example Molecule I - Chain of five aromatic atoms, one or two being nitrogen separated by one atom, connected to an alkyl group that is one to four carbons long. Common motif and example substructures for most significant substructures of the histamine receptor ligands, in aromatic atoms and bonds representation. The most common motif (almost 50%) specific for histamine receptors is a chain of five aromatic atoms (Figure 12), where one or two aromatic atoms are specified as nitrogen atoms. These nitrogen atoms are separated by one aromatic atom; in some cases, one of the other neighboring aromatic atoms has an ethyl group attached. The majority of the significant substructures are chains, and actual ring closures, forming e. This seems counterintuitive at first sight, since the five-membered aromatic heterocycles are among the most obvious features when visually inspecting the set. Although a common theme, the heterocycles 101 Chapter 3 in histamine receptor ligands all differ in size, ring-fusions, and heteroatoms. By considering substructures instead of complete ring fragments, it was thus possible to find structural similarities that have a much higher support among the ligands. This causes the high occurrence of the ‘aromatic chains’, since it is the most common feature among the diverse heterocycles. Substructures of derivatives of the quinuclidine ring are the most common substructures for the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor ligands (Figure 13). It occurs in 19% of ligands for this class compared to 0% in other aminergic ligands. A second heteroatom may be attached, separated two carbon atoms from the nitrogen. A typical example is civemeline, a muscarinic M3 receptor agonist (Figure 13, first example). Motif - Description Example Substructures Example Molecule I - Derivatives of quinuclidine ring, either 1. Common motif and example substructures for most significant substructures of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor ligands, in aromatic bonds representation. An example molecule containing the quinuclidine ring is cevimeline, a muscarinic M3 receptor agonist. For the serotonin receptor ligands (Figure 14), the best specific substructure resembles the shape of the 2-ethyl-indole moiety (31% of ligands) that forms the core of serotonin, although a label specifying the nitrogen atom is missing. This is because this substructure covers the largest set of serotonin ligands (without becoming too general). In some cases, the ethyl group is attached to C3 rather than N1 of the core, which means that either the ethyl group or the atom specifier is not part of the substructure. The nitrogen atom can also be replaced by other heteroatoms, or be absent in scaffolds that consist only of carbons, forming a planar ring system.

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