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标题：An assessment of the implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccination program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait infants in North Queensland
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作者：Jeffrey Hanna ; Ruth Bullen ; Claire Ziegler 等
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：2003
卷号：27
期号：2
页码：262-266
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：A cohort of 199 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants, born in north Queensland in Augustand September 2002, were followed-up to ascertain the uptake of the 7-valent pneumococcalconjugate vaccine (7vPCV) by certain ages. Although 70 per cent of the cohort had received adose of 7vPCV by three months, only 50 per cent had received three doses by seven months.Most (approximately 90%) of the children who received the vaccine by three and five monthswere given it at the same time as the other two scheduled injectable vaccines, and most (84%) ofthe children received three doses of 7vPCV by 12 months of age. However, 18 per cent of thecohort had not received any vaccines (other than those given at birth), another 10 per cent hadreceived the other scheduled vaccines but no 7vPCV by three months of age, and 38 per cent hadreceived the other vaccines but not two doses of 7vPCV by five months. A variety of measuresare described that have been put in place to attain optimal coverage of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander infants in north Queensland with 7vPCV and to improve timeliness
关键词：pneumococcal conjugate vaccinate; surveillance; vaccination; pneumonia