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Risk Groups for Vaccine-Preventable Respiratory Infections in Children and Adults: An Overview of the Australian Environment.

Stephen Wiblin, Charles Feldman, C Raina MacIntyre, Natalie Soulsby, Paul van Buynder, Grant Waterer

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Review in Vaccines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Stephen WiblinPfizer Australia/New Zealand, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.ORCID 0009-0005-4915-5518
Charles FeldmanFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
C Raina MacIntyreBiosecurity Program, The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Natalie SoulsbyEmbedded Health Solutions, Melbourne, VIC 3194, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0893-3983
Paul van BuynderSchool of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4222, Australia.
Grant WatererInternal Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory infections are a leading cause of sickness and death in Australia. In Australia, there is a funded immunisation program for both adults and children aimed at preventing and controlling vaccine-preventable respiratory infections (VPRI), such as pneumococcal disease (PD), influenza A/B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, and COVID-19. This narrative review outlines the current Australian adult and paediatric immunisation guidance for VPRIs. It also examines the literature that supports the current risk group recommendations, including the clinical and economic burden of VPRIs, vaccination effectiveness, and coverage. Gaps in current risk group definitions, as well as additional risk groups that could be included in vaccine recommendations, are also discussed. Further research is needed to determine the optimum age for vaccination in adults which may enable alignment of age recommendations across different VPRIs. Individuals with multiple risk factors, commonly referred to as risk stacking, are at a greater risk of developing severe disease for VPRIs. This emphasises the importance of vaccinating these individuals. More research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccines in older adults and to create more effective vaccines for high-risk paediatric groups, such as those with compromised immunity or for children who have undergone haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

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COVID-19influenzapneumococcalrespiratory infectionrespiratory syncytial virusrisk factorsvaccine-preventable disease

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PMID41441682
PMCPMC12737586

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