- Title
- Q-fever vaccination: unfinished business in Australia
- Creator
- Massey, Peter D.; Durrheim, David N.; Way, Andrew
- Relation
- Vaccine Vol. 27, Issue 29
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.043
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- 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.
- Subject
- Q fever; vaccinations; agricultural workers
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/805421
- Identifier
- uon:6859
- Identifier
- ISSN:0264-410X
- Language
- eng
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