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To compare the vision needs of children wearing and not wearing eyeglasses who failed school-based vision screening.

Students aged 4 to 16years in 41 Baltimore City schools were screened using distance visual acuity (VA) and photoscreening. Students failing screening underwent school-based non-cycloplegic examination. We compared students who were wearing eyeglasses at failed screening with those not wearing eyeglasses with respect to age, sex, right-eye refractive error, right-eye presenting, and best-corrected VA (BCVA).

A total of 2176 students failed screening and completed the examination; 94 (4.3%) failed while wearing eyeglasses. Students wearing eyeglasses were older (mean age 10.2 vs 8.8years,

<.001). Myopia (72.3% vs 46.0%,

<.001), severe myopia, ≥6.00 spherical equivalent diopters (D) (9.6% vs 1.8%,

<.001), astigmatism (66.4% vs 50.8%,

=.004), and severe astigmatism, ≥3.00 D of cylinder (14.9% vs 7.0%,

=.008) were more common in students wearing eyeglasses. The prescription rate was higher for students wearing eyeglasses at failed screening compared with those not (95.7% vs 80.4%,

<.001). About 4% of the children in both groups required referral to community providers for non-refractive pathology, such as strabismus or amblyopia (

=.6).

Children who fail vision screening while wearing eyeglasses nearly always needed an updated prescription and had more severe refractive errors than those not wearing eyeglasses. However, the community referral rate was the same for both groups. School-based programs can support children currently wearing eyeglasses that may be incorrect or outdated.

Children who fail vision screening while wearing eyeglasses nearly always needed an updated prescription and had more severe refractive errors than those not wearing eyeglasses. However, the community referral rate was the same for both groups. School-based programs can support children currently wearing eyeglasses that may be incorrect or outdated.Aim We tested the safety and immunogenicity of a novel vaccine in patients with resected high-risk melanoma. Patients & methods HLA-A2-positive patients with resected Stage II-IV melanoma were randomized to receive up to three vaccinations of melanoma-associated peptide (MART-1a) combined with a stable oil-in-water emulsion (SE) either with the Toll-like receptor 4 agonist glucopyranosyl lipid A (GLA-SE-Schedule 1) or alone (SE-Schedule 2). Safety and immunogenicity of the vaccines were monitored. Results A total of 23 patients were registered. No treatment-related grade 3 or higher adverse events were observed. Increases in MART-1a-specific T cells were seen in 70 and 63% of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 patients, respectively. Conclusion Both vaccine schedules were well-tolerated and resulted in an increase in MART-1a-specific T cells. Clinical Trial registration NCT02320305 (ClinicalTrials.gov).

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