Background More than 10 years have elapsed since human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination
was implemented. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of the population-level …

The basic reproduction number, R nought (R 0 ), is defined as the average number of
secondary cases of an infectious disease arising from a typical case in a totally susceptible …

The availability of prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines has provided powerful
tools for primary prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-associated diseases. Since …

Background Evidence-based priority setting is increasingly important for rationally distributing
scarce health resources and for guiding future health research. We sought to quantify the …

Background The possible risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome from influenza vaccines remains
a potential obstacle to achieving high vaccination coverage. However, influenza infection …

Background: A resurgence of pertussis cases among both vaccinated and unvaccinated
people raises questions about vaccine effectiveness over time. Our objective was to study the …

The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) was established in 1996 as an opt-out
register built on the platform of Medicare, the universal national health insurance scheme…

Background: There are limited clinical and epidemiological data on patients diagnosed with
Bell’s palsy. While investigating an apparent clustering of Bell’s palsy, we sought to …

When responding to a novel infectious disease outbreak, policies are set under time
constraints and uncertainty which can limit the ability to control the outbreak and result in …

Background This investigation was done to assess vaccine effectiveness of one and two
doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine during an outbreak of mumps in …