Australia's national Q fever vaccination program

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2037-2041

  Gidding, Heather F ^a   Wallace, Cate ^b   Lawrence, Glenda L ^c,d   McIntyre, Peter B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Alcohol Office   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Immunisation; Q fever

Indexed keywords

Q FEVER VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJECTION SITE ABSCESS; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; Q FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COXIELLA BURNETII; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJECTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; VACCINATION;

EID: 61549095793     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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