Summary of National Surveillance Data on Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Australia, 2008–2011
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Volume 40, Supplement, April 2016. This summary report on vaccine preventable diseases in Australia brings together the three most important national sources of routinely collected data about vaccine preventable diseases (notifications, hospitalisations and deaths) for all age groups for the period January 2008 and December 2011. The general trend towards improved control of disease is evident, particularly in the childhood years.
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