Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease that can cause severe, long-term complications in children.
Significant influenza-associated morbidity was observed in 2017 in Australia. Vaccine coverage and antiviral use was inadequate.
Although Australia's program has impacted on the burden of varicella disease, single dose Vaccine Effectiveness against varicella hospitalisation is…
Respiratory viruses, particularly respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus, are major contributors to pneumonia in Australian children
In adult and elderly participants, the full-dose aH5N1c vaccine formulation was well tolerated and met US and European licensure criteria for pandemi…
One in four ED presentations in WA children are for ARIs, representing a significant out-of-hospital burden with some evidence of geographical dispar…
A more robust immune response after booster compared to a first dose in vaccine-naïve individuals, showed effective priming in an adolescent/young ad…
PPV is immunogenic in 9-month-old children at high risk of pneumococcal infections and does not affect the capacity to produce protective immune resp…
In the warmer tropical regions of WA no seasonality was observed, but overall incidence of LLC presentations were higher
Given the beneficial effect of infant rotavirus vaccination efforts should be taken to optimize rotavirus vaccine coverage in those at highest risk