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A short history of vaccination in Australia
H F Gidding1, M A Burgess, A E Kempe
1National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, and University of Sydney, NSW. HeatherG@chw.edu.au
The Medical Journal of Australia
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
It is almost 50 years since infant vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus became routine in Australia. Since then, the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases has declined dramatically. We have used existing records and the recollections of experts to compile a history of vaccination in Australia, focusing on vaccines in the current childhood schedule.