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Safety and Immunogenicity of MF59-Adjuvanted Cell Culture-Derived A/H5N1 Subunit Influenza Virus Vaccine: Dose-Finding Clinical Trials in Adults and the ElderlyIn adult and elderly participants, the full-dose aH5N1c vaccine formulation was well tolerated and met US and European licensure criteria for pandemic vaccines
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Ascertaining infectious disease burden through primary care clinic attendance among young Aboriginal children living in four remote communities in Western AustraliaImproved public health measures targeting bacterial skin infections are needed to reduce this high burden of skin infections in Western Australia
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Infection characteristics and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia at a tertiary children's hospitalThere is a wide spectrum of disease severity in paediatric Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
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Optimising the use of linked administrative data for infectious diseases research in AustraliaIncreased collaboration and engagement across all sectors can optimise the use of linked data to help reduce the burden of infectious diseases
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Epidemiology of intussusception before and after rotavirus vaccine introduction in FijiThe incidence of intussusception pre-rotavirus vaccine in Fiji is low
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Temporal changes in BEXSERO® antigen sequence type associated with genetic lineages of Neisseria meningitidis over a 15-year period in Western AustraliaThe BEXSERO® vaccine which is used to prevent serogroup B disease is composed of four sub-capsular protein antigens supplemented with an outer membrane vesicle.
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Comparison of three methods for the recovery of skin pathogens from impetigo swabs collected in a remote community of Northern Territory, AustraliaImmediate plating of impetigo swabs is the gold standard for bacterial recovery but is rarely feasible in remote regions.
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Mapping the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in the Western Pacific Region: a spatial modelling studySoil-Transmitted Helminth (STH) infections are a significant health issue in the Western Pacific Region (WPR). This study aims to produce high-resolution spatial prediction STH prevalence maps for the WPR.
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The Kids researchers lead national trial to fight sepsis in premature infantsThe Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will lead a new national clinical trial (COSI-2) to determine whether topical coconut oil can reduce late onset sepsis in extremely preterm infants.