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When do we stop vaccinating against an infectious disease?

  • Written by Nicholas Geard, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
imageIn Australia we still vaccinate against polio, but not tuberculosis. Why, and how do we decide?from www.shutterstock.com.au

Australia was declared measles-free in 2014. However, the recent importation of a case of measles into Australia from Indonesia illustrates the threat this disease still poses to Australians. It also underscores the importance...

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