Vaccine preventable diseases in indigenous populations—International perspectives: Satellite Symposium of the 5th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases, April 2006, Alice Springs, Australia

• Published in: Vaccine 2007-10, Vol.25 (42), p.7281-7284
• Main Authors: Menzies, Rob, McIntyre, Peter, Reid, Ray, O’Brien, Katherine, Santosham, Mathu, Watt, James, Angeles, Geoffrey, Brown, Alex, Dunbar, Melissa, Leach, Amanda, Crengle, Sue, Lennon, Diana, Mason, Henare, Grim, Charles, Nolan, Leo, Smith, Phil, Dumaresq, Gina, Richardson, Ruth, Moberley, Sarah, Stirling, Janelle, Gooda, Mick, Green, Michael
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: American native continental ancestry group; Australia; Canada; Collaboration; Community; Disease; Humans; Immunization; Indians, North American; Meetings; Native North Americans; Native peoples; New Zealand; Oceanic ancestry group; Pneumococcal Infections - immunology; Pneumococcal Infections - prevention & control; Pneumococcal Vaccines - pharmacology; Population; United States; Vaccine preventable diseases; Vaccines; Viruses
• ISSN: 0264-410X; 1873-2518
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.08.006

[...]the 5th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD5), held in Alice Springs in April 2006, provided an opportunity for researchers and other health professionals working in the area of indigenous health and vaccination in various countries, to meet, exchange information and increase collaboration. [...]this trial was conducted in Navajo and White Mountain Apache children and the vaccine found to be safe and effective in this population [17].