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Title: Q-fever vaccination: unfinished business in Australia
Author/Creator: Massey, Peter D.; Durrheim, David N.; Way, Andrew
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description: We celebrate with Gidding et al. the achievements of the short-lived national Q fever vaccination program in Australia. The data presented suggest a significant impact on Q fever in certain at-risk populations at the time of the program, particularly abattoir workers. Similar benefits may accrue in other countries with a Q fever burden, if a national program was conducted. It is clear that while advocating international application of Q fever vaccination in at-risk populations, there is a need for a sustainable systematic program in Australia that ensures that non-abattoir workers who remain at risk from this serious disease can access the protection offered by the available vaccine.
Relation: Vaccine Vol. 27, Issue 29
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.043
Date: 2009
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Q fever; vaccinations; agricultural workers
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/805421
Identifier: ISSN:0264-410X

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