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A comparison of booster immunisation with a combination DTPa-IPV vaccine or DTPa plus IPV in separate injections when co-administered with MMRThis study evaluated GSK's combined DTPa-IPV vaccine (Infanrix-IPV) given as a fifth consecutive acellular pertussis booster dose in conjunction...
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Toll-like receptor 2 ligands inhibit Th2 responses to mite allergenThere is intense interest in the interaction between microbial compounds and allergy.
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Immunogenicity and boosting following a reduced number of doses of a Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in infants and toddlersThe minimum number of doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine required for protection is not known. We studied the immunogenicity of a reduced schedule in...
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A randomized phase I study of the safety and immunogenicityIn this study of healthy adults aged 50-85 and 18-24 years, SA3Ag elicited a rapid and robust immune response and was well tolerated, with no notable safety...
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Antibody persistence in Australian adolescents following meningococcal C conjugate vaccinationIn Australia, following the introduction of serogroup C meningococcal (MenC) conjugate vaccine for toddlers and catch-up immunization through adolescence,...
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Immune responses to a recombinant, four-component, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) in adolescentsThis 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.
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Western Australia, 1998-2012Our objective was to describe the epidemiology, clinical features, health care resource use, treatment and outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis...
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What do infectious diseases physicians do? A 2-week snapshot of inpatient consultative activities across Australia, New Zealand and SingaporeWe performed a 2-week prospective survey of formal ID physician activities related to direct inpatient care, encompassing 53 hospitals throughout Australia,...
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Molecular tools for differentiation of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae from Haemophilus haemolyticusThe molecular approaches that have been developed for differentiation of NTHi from H. haemolyticus, with the advantages and disadvantages of each target