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Seasonal influenza is an important cause of acute neurological disease in Australian children.
These findings reinforce current recommendations for annual influenza vaccination, particularly those at greatest risk of influenza disease.
NIP has seen poor vaccine impact, related to recent vaccine safety concerns.
We assessed the safety of receiving an influenza vaccination during any trimester of pregnancy with respect to preterm births and infant birthweight.
This report summarises the epidemiology of hospitalisations with laboratory-confirmed influenza during the 2015 influenza season
This study aimed to determine whether chronic, low-dose exposure to geogenic particulate matter <10μm diameter (PM10) exacerbates viral infections of the...
This paper reports the results from the safety surveillance of influenza vaccines in children in Australia, in 2015.
This study was designed to compare data collected via SMS and telephone for the purposes of monitoring vaccine safety.
Vaccination is the injection of an inactivated bacteria or virus into the body. This simulated infection allows an individual's immune system to develop an adaptive immunity for protection against that type of illness. When a sufficiently large percentage of a population has been vaccinated, this results in herd immunity.
Rhinoviruses (RV) are the most common respiratory viruses globally and a major cause of airway symptoms in children and individuals with asthma. Although more than 170 RV types exist across 3 species (RV-A, RV-B, RV-C), type-specific circulation patterns and age-related prevalence remain poorly defined.