Risk factors and comorbidities for invasive pneumococcal disease in Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people

Risk factors and comorbidities for invasive pneumococcal disease in Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people

<p>Australian Aboriginal people have among the highest rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) worldwide. We investigated clinical diagnosis, risk factors, comorbidities and vaccine coverage in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal IPD cases. Using enhanced surveillance, we identified IPD cases i...

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Main Authors: Faye Janice Lim, Deborah Lehmann, Aoiffe McLoughlin, Catherine Harrison, Judith Willis, Carolien Giele, Anthony D Keil, Hannah C Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-03-01
Series:Pneumonia
Subjects:
Invasive pneumococcal disease, risk factors, comorbidities, pneumonia, immunisation
Online Access:https://pneumonia.org.au/index.php/pneumonia/article/view/463

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