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