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Background: High incidence and serotype diversity of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Indigenous children in remote Australia led to rapid introduction of
Influenza is major cause of paediatric hospitalisation. Influenza vaccine was offered to all children aged 6-59 months resident in Western Australia in 2008
Head, Infectious Diseases Research
Our results lend support to a vaccination strategy which includes family members in order to provide maximum protection for newborn babies.
Children who were born with reduced gestational age, birthweight, and birth length have persistently increased rates of infection-related admissions to hospital until age 18 years
Bronchiolitis hospitalisations are a reasonable proxy for the timing of RSV detections, but may not fully capture the magnitude of RSV epidemics
We outline the processes involved in conducting a Proof of Concept data linkage project including the implementation of national data integration principles
Coinfection is not associated with increased clinical severity, but further investigations by pathogen pairs are warranted
Chart review to validate linked microbiological data
The aim of this study was to use total-population based data on an otherwise healthy population of children to assess the relationship between early...