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Estimating the excess burden of pertussis disease in Australia within the first year of life, that might have been prevented through timely vaccination

Previous Australian studies have shown that delayed vaccination with each of the three primary doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccines (DTP) is up to 50 % in certain subpopulations. We estimated the excess burden of pertussis that might have been prevented if (i) all primary doses and (ii) each dose was given on time.

Citation:
Jayasundara D, Randall D, Sheridan S, …… Richmond PC, Blyth CC, Wood JG, Moore HC, et al. Estimating the excess burden of pertussis disease in Australia within the first year of life, that might have been prevented through timely vaccination. Int J Epidemiol. 2023;52(1):250-9.

Keywords:
Pertussis; propensity score weighting; vaccination timeliness

Abstract:
Previous Australian studies have shown that delayed vaccination with each of the three primary doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccines (DTP) is up to 50 % in certain subpopulations. We estimated the excess burden of pertussis that might have been prevented if (i) all primary doses and (ii) each dose was given on time.