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The non-specific and sex-differential effects of vaccines

The textbook view of vaccination is that it functions to induce immune memory of the specific pathogen components of the vaccine, leading to a quantitatively and qualitatively better response if the host is exposed to infection with the same pathogen

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Vaccination strategies to enhance immunity in neonates

Protection may be further improved by integrating these approaches, namely vaccinating the neonate under the cover of vertically transferred maternal immunity

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Timeliness and factors associated with rotavirus vaccine uptake among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children: A record linkage cohort study

Aboriginal children are at greater risk of rotavirus disease than non-Aboriginal children and delayed vaccine receipt is substantially higher

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Caregiver’s attitudes, beliefs, and experiences for influenza vaccination in Australian children with medical comorbidities

Influenza vaccination recommendation by children’s hospital physicians and previous vaccine receipt in hospital was associated with vaccine uptake

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Influenza Epidemiology, Vaccine Coverage and Vaccine Effectiveness in Children Admitted to Sentinel Australian Hospitals in 2017

Significant influenza-associated morbidity was observed in 2017 in Australia. Vaccine coverage and antiviral use was inadequate.

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Antibody persistence and booster response in adolescents and young adults 4 and 7.5 years after immunization with 4CMenB vaccine

A more robust immune response after booster compared to a first dose in vaccine-naïve individuals, showed effective priming in an adolescent/young adult population

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Evaluation of impact of 23 valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine following 7 valent pneumococcal

The impact of the 23vPPV booster on IPD incidence among Australian Indigenous children is unclear from regional reports of small case numbers.

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Immune responses to a recombinant, four-component, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) in adolescents

This trial evaluated the lot consistency, early immune responses and safety of the vaccine against serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis (4CMenB) - in 11 to 17...

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Comparison of text-messaging to voice telephone interviews for active surveillance of adverse events following immunisation.

This study was designed to compare data collected via SMS and telephone for the purposes of monitoring vaccine safety.