Perceptions of vaccine preventable diseases in Australian healthcare: focus on pertussis

• Main Authors: Julianne Bayliss (Author), Roshnee Randhawa (Author), Kyu-Bin Oh (Author), Walid Kandeil (Author), Victoria A. Jenkins (Author), Elisa Turriani (Author), Michael Nissen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Adult vaccination in Australia is suboptimal. For instance, as few as one in nine people have received a pertussis vaccine in adolescence or adulthood, despite increasing disease burden and evidence of a positive correlation between older age and hospitalization rates. The objectives of this study w...