Receiving vaccines at or close to their due date (vaccination timeliness) is a now key measure of program performance. However, studies comprehensively examining predictors of delayed infant vaccination are lacking. We aimed to identify predictors of short and longer-term delays in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccination by dose number and ethnicity. ...

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• 2020
• August 2020

Pulmonary exacerbations are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). There is no consensus about which outcomes should be evaluated in studies of pulmonary exacerbations or how these outcomes should be measured. ...

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• 2022
• September 2022

Children with medical comorbidities are at greater risk for severe influenza and poorer clinical outcomes. Despite recommendations and funding, influenza vaccine coverage remains inadequate in these children. We aimed to systematically review literature assessing interventions targeting influenza vaccine coverage in children with comorbidities and assess the impact on influenza vaccine coverage. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

Influenza infection in young children has a significant impact on medication use, absenteeism and the use of health care service ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• January 2019

COVID-19-associated non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) have disrupted respiratory viral transmission. We quantified the changes in paediatric hospital admissions in 2020 from five different NPI phases in Western Australia for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in children in the context of all-cause admissions. ...

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• 2021
• November 2021

AusVaxSafety surveillance demonstrated comparable and expected safety outcomes for the 2017 quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine brands used in Australia ...

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• 2018
• October 2018

Christopher Hannah Lea-Ann Blyth Moore Kirkham CC HC LK MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD PhD Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Wesfarmers ...

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Admissions for ARI were higher in Western Australia and displayed greater socioeconomic disparities than England and Scotland, where ARI rates are increasing ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• May 2019

We aim to determine the contribute of bacteria and virus to childhood CAP to inform further development of effective strategies. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2018
• March 2018

A summary of the literature regarding the use of adjunctive protein synthesis inhibitors for toxin suppression in the setting of S. aureus infections is presented ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• January 2019

These data highlight the importance of recognising Sporotrichosis in children outside an outbreak setting ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

The aim was to document the aetiology of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospitalisations in Western Australian children ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2012
• January 2012