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June 2020
Whole-Cell Pertussis Vaccination and Decreased Risk of IgE-Mediated Food Allergy: A Nested Case-Control Study
Australian infants who received whole-cell pertussis vaccines were less likely to be diagnosed with food allergy in childhood
Published research Immunisation Human Immunology Infectious Disease Implementation Research Vaccine Trials Group Food Allergy
May 2020
Plasma cytokine profiles in very preterm infants with late-onset sepsis
Very preterm infants have a marked innate inflammatory response at the time of late-onset sepsis
Vaccine Trials Group Neonatal Gut Health, Nutrition and Development Neonatal Infection and Immunity
April 2020
Clinical protocol for a longitudinal cohort study to identify markers of vaccine immunogenicity in newborn infants in the gambia and papua New Guinea
Immunity is distinct in early life and greater precision is required in our understanding of mechanisms of early life protection to inform development of new pediatric vaccines
Published research Immunisation Infectious Diseases Vaccine Trials Group
March 2020
Nasal delivery of a commensal Pasteurellaceae species inhibits nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae colonisation and delays onset of otitis media in mice
We have demonstrated that a single dose of a closely related commensal can delay onset of NTHi otitis media in vivo
Published research Ear Infections Infectious Diseases Experimental Immunology Vaccine Trials Group Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group Skin Health