Christopher Asha Blyth Bowen CC AC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious ...

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Previous Australian studies have shown that delayed vaccination with each of the three primary doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccines (DTP) is up to 50 % in certain subpopulations. We estimated the excess burden of pertussis that might have been prevented if (i) all primary doses and (ii) each dose was given on time. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

A significant reduction in severe influenza was observed in Australian children, possibly contributed to by improved vaccine coverage and high vaccine effectiveness ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

This report summarises the epidemiology of hospitalisations with laboratory-confirmed influenza during the 2018 influenza season ...

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• 2019
• November 2019

We found transient pDC depletion during Pneumovirus infection alone predisposed to severe bronchiolitis in early life and subsequent asthma after reinfection. ...

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• 2018
• February 2018

Respiratory syncytial virus is a major cause of respiratory morbidity and one of the main causes of hospitalisation in young children. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

This report summarises the epidemiology of hospitalisations with laboratory-confirmed influenza during the 2015 influenza season ...

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• 2016
• December 2016

Researchers from the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at Telethon Kids Institute have shared their expertise with the community in Cockburn, covering topics ranging from respiratory disease in babies to recurring ear infections in kids. ...

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Christopher Kefyalew Hannah Blyth Alene Moore CC KA HC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD BSc, MPH, PhD OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD Director, ...

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Pertussis hospitalisation is more common among infants born prematurely, who have significant comorbidities, or are Indigenous, but acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates in these sub-groups are lacking. We measured aP VE by Indigenous status, and policy-relevant categories of prematurity and comorbidity, in a population-based Australian cohort. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022