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        Statistical analysis plan for the OPTIMUM study: optimising immunisation using mixed schedules, an adaptive randomised controlled trial of a mixed whole-cell/acellular pertussis vaccine schedule

        The purpose of this double-blind, randomised, controlled trial is to compare allergic outcomes in children following vaccination with acellular pertussis (aP) antigen (standard of care in Australia) given at 2 months of age versus whole cell pertussis (wP) in the infant vaccine schedule. ...

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        Timeliness and factors associated with rotavirus vaccine uptake among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children: A record linkage cohort study

        Aboriginal children are at greater risk of rotavirus disease than non-Aboriginal children and delayed vaccine receipt is substantially higher ...

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        Predictors of pneumococcal carriage and the effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination the Western Australian Aboriginal population

        The PCV7 was introduced to prevent IPD in WA Aboriginal people in 2001 to a lesser extent in older people. ...

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        Dose-Banding of Intravenous Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Pediatric Surgical Inpatients

        Dosing errors are the most commonly reported medication error in children. Dosing is often prescribed per weight or based on body area. ...

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        Whither pertussis?

        This article discusses the rising prevalence of pertussis disease in countries which have switched to acellular vaccines. ...

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        Duration of protection after first dose of acellular pertussis vaccine in infants

        Without a booster dose, the effectiveness of 3 doses waned more rapidly from 2 to 4 years of age than previously documented for children >6 years of age who... ...

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        Characterization of a G1P[8] rotavirus causing an outbreak of gastroenteritis in the Northern Territory, Australia, in the vaccine era

        In 2010, a large outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis occurred in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory, Australia. ...

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        The challenge of enteric fever

        Enteric fever prevention requires significant long term investment in provision of clean water and sanitation; vaccination offers medium term control. ...

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        Towards the establishment of the PREVAIL Centre, a Centre for PREcision in VAccine ImpLmentation at the Telethon Kids Institute

        Pat Tom Holt Snelling PG T PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Emeritus Honorary Researcher Head, Infectious Disease ...

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        Tonsils at Telethon: developing a standardised collection of tonsil photographs for group A streptococcal (GAS) research

        Group A streptococcus (GAS) infections, such as pharyngitis and impetigo, can lead to rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations experience high rates of RHD and GAS skin infection, yet rates of GAS pharyngitis are unclear.  ...

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