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In high-income countries serious bacterial infections such as meningitis are uncommon, but their severity has led to prompt adoption of vaccines for...
This paper examines the use of a new antibiotic to treat diarrhoea cause by Cryptosporidium infection in Australian Indigenous children.
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...
In 2010, a large outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis occurred in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Enteric fever prevention requires significant long term investment in provision of clean water and sanitation; vaccination offers medium term control.
Australia's defence, infectious diseases
Childhood vaccination has played a critical role in the reduction of morbidity and mortality from communicable diseases, including specific respiratory pathogens
To determine the contribution of RSV to the subsequent development of severe asthma in different subgroups of children at risk of severe RSV disease.
Dosing errors are the most commonly reported medication error in children. Dosing is often prescribed per weight or based on body area.
The PCV7 was introduced to prevent IPD in WA Aboriginal people in 2001 to a lesser extent in older people.