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Influenza vaccination recommendation by children’s hospital physicians and previous vaccine receipt in hospital was associated with vaccine uptake
In adult and elderly participants, the full-dose aH5N1c vaccine formulation was well tolerated and met US and European licensure criteria for pandemic vaccines
We aimed to determine Australian paediatricians' beliefs and practices around the influenza vaccination of children.
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
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.