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“You’re telling us to go first?!” COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination experiences among Aboriginal adults in Western AustraliaGlobally, Indigenous populations have been disproportionately impacted by pandemics. In Australia, though national infection rates with COVID-19 infections in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were lower in the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was soon a greater burden in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island people once Omicron was circulating. Uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine was also lower among Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
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Spatial clustering of notified tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A nationwide studySubstantial spatial clustering of notified tuberculosis was detected at region, zone and district level in Ethiopia
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Record linkage study of the pathogen-specific burden of respiratory viruses in childrenReliance on hospital discharge diagnosis codes alone will likely underestimate the burden of respiratory viruses
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Effectiveness of Palivizumab against Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Cohort and Case Series AnalysisPalivizumab appeared effective for reducing virologically confirmed respiratory syncytial virus in this high-risk cohort
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Infant respiratory infections and later respiratory hospitalisation in childhoodThe aim of this study was to use total-population based data on an otherwise healthy population of children to assess the relationship between early...
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Excess respiratory mortality and hospitalizations associated with influenza in Australia, 2007-2015Influenza is the most common vaccine-preventable disease in Australia, causing significant morbidity and mortality. We assessed the burden of influenza across all ages in terms of influenza-associated mortality and hospitalizations using national mortality, hospital-discharge and influenza surveillance data.
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Clinical description and outcomes of Australian children with invasive group a streptococcal diseaseInvasive group A streptococcal infection in Australian children is frequently severe and has a high long-term morbidity burden
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Do rapid diagnostic methods improve antibiotic prescribing in paediatric bacteraemia?Rapid blood culture pathogen identification facilitated by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight and GeneXpert has the potential to improve antibiotic prescribing. This study investigates the impact of these rapid diagnostics on the timeliness of effective and optimal antibiotic prescribing in paediatric patients with bacteraemia.
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Characterizing the risk of respiratory syncytial virus in infants with older siblings: a population-based birth cohort studyOur results lend support to a vaccination strategy which includes family members in order to provide maximum protection for newborn babies.
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Viral etiology and the impact of codetection in young children presenting with influenza-like illnessChildren with acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) frequently exhibit virus-virus codetection, yet the clinical significance of ARTI remains contentious.