Publications

estimating the haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) disease burden and the impact of hib vaccine in fiji.	to estimate haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) disease burden in fiji in children under the age of 5 years (under-5s) prior to vaccine introduction. to compare estimates from who's hib rapid assessment tool (rat), with that from decline in disease after vaccine introduction.	2003	12706676
the effect of pneumococcal vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage of s. pneumoniae, h. influenzae, m. catarrhalis, and s. aureus in fijian children.	the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (pcv7) reduces carriage of vaccine type streptococcus pneumoniae but leads to replacement by non-vaccine serotypes and may affect carriage of other respiratory pathogens. we investigated nasopharyngeal carriage of s. pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae, moraxella catarrhalis, and staphylococcus aureus in fijian infants participating in a pneumococcal vaccine trial using quantitative pcr. vaccination did not affect pathogen carriage rates or densities, w ...	2011	22170924