Pneumococcal vaccination and otitis media in Australian Aboriginal infants: Comparison of two birth cohorts before and after introduction of vaccination

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mackenzie, Grant Austin ^a,b,c,d   Carapetis, Jonathan Rhys ^b,c   Leach, Amanda Jane ^b,c   Morris, Peter Stanley ^b,c,e  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TYMPANOMETRY; VACCINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 63049087390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-14     Document Type: Article

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