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Real-time safety surveillance of seasonal influenza vaccines in children, Australia, 2015

This paper reports the results from the safety surveillance of influenza vaccines in children in Australia, in 2015.

Comparison of text-messaging to voice telephone interviews for active surveillance of adverse events following immunisation.

This study was designed to compare data collected via SMS and telephone for the purposes of monitoring vaccine safety.

FluMum: A prospective cohort study of mother-infant pairs assessing the effectiveness of maternal influenza vaccination in revention of influenza

Evidence is emerging of benefit to the infant with respect to preventing influenza infection in the first 6 months of life. The FluMum study aims to...

Pandemic clinical case definitions are non-specific

During the early phases of the 2009 pandemic, subjects with influenza-like illness only had laboratory testing specific for the new A(H1N1)pdm09 virus.

Safety and immunogenicity of a vero cell culture-derived whole-virus influenza a(H5N1) vaccine in a pediatric population

This study examined the safety and immunogenicity of a vero cell culture-derived whole-virus influenza a(H5N1) vaccine in a pediatric population.

Modelling the seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus in young children

The transmission dynamics of RSV infection among young children are still poorly understood and mathematical modelling can be used to better understand...

Clinical Predictors of Influenza in Young Children: The Limitations of “Influenza-Like Illness”

This study aims to identify clinical predictors of influenza infection in children ≤5 years old from which age-specific ILI definitions are then constructed.

Beating the flu bug

Perth children are being asked to volunteer for an important national study to test the effectiveness of an influenza vaccine in children.

Biases in Routine Influenza Surveillance Indicators Used to Monitor Infection Incidence and Recommendations for Improvement

Monitoring how the incidence of influenza infections changes over time is important for quantifying the transmission dynamics and clinical severity of influenza. Infection incidence is difficult to measure directly, and hence, other quantities which are more amenable to surveillance are used to monitor trends in infection levels, with the implicit assumption that they correlate with infection incidence.

The Impact of Obesity on Influenza Vaccine Immunogenicity and Antibody Transfer to the Infant During Pregnancy

Influenza vaccination is recommended for pregnant women, offering the dual benefit of protecting pregnant women and their newborn infants against influenza. This study aimed to investigate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on influenza vaccine responses in pregnant women and their newborns.