Coinfection is not associated with increased clinical severity, but further investigations by pathogen pairs are warranted ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016

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. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

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. ...

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

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. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021

There is a lack of data on the out-of-hospital burden of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in developed countries. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• August 2012

Seasonal influenza vaccine is effective against influenza hospitalisations, but little is known about non-specific effects of the vaccine on other respiratory pathogens with similar seasonal patterns. We aimed to assess the causal impact of seasonal influenza vaccine on laboratory-confirmed hospitalisations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children using an instrumental variable strategy. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• July 2023

Respiratory syncytial virus is pervasive across multiple severity levels and diagnoses. Vaccines targeting children <3 months must be prioritized ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• June 2020

Using linked data, we describe changes in respiratory virus testing among children born in Western Australia in 1996-2012 ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• June 2017

Studies investigating pathogen-specific infectious disease would benefit from using multiple data sources. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• June 2017

Data on asymptomatic identification rates of respiratory viruses are limited, particularly in Indigenous populations, who suffer a high burden of OM. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• June 2010

To investigate temporal trends in admission rates for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in a total population birth cohort of non-Aboriginal and... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2007
• June 2007

To examine rates and predictors of 7-day readmission in infants hospitalised before 3 months of age with infectious and non-infectious conditions. A retrospective population-based data-linkage study of 121 854 infants from a 5-year metropolitan birth cohort (2008-2012). Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine associations between infant and maternal factors with 7-day readmission. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• November 2020