Hanna Jeffrey N, Bullen Ruth C, Ziegler Claire L, Akee Tanya, Dostie Brigitte G, Lort-Phillips Kathy
Tropical Public Health Unit, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland.
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2003;27(2):262-6. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2003.27.50.
A cohort of 199 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants, born in north Queensland in August and September 2002, were followed-up to ascertain the uptake of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) by certain ages. Although 70 per cent of the cohort had received a dose of 7vPCV by three months, only 50 per cent had received three doses by seven months. Most (approximately 90%) of the children who received the vaccine by three and five months were given it at the same time as the other two scheduled injectable vaccines, and most (84%) of the children received three doses of 7vPCV by 12 months of age. However, 18 per cent of the cohort had not received any vaccines (other than those given at birth), another 10 per cent had received the other scheduled vaccines but no 7vPCV by three months of age, and 38 per cent had received the other vaccines but not two doses of 7vPCV by five months. A variety of measures are described that have been put in place to attain optimal coverage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants in north Queensland with 7vPCV and to improve timeliness.
对199名2002年8月和9月在昆士兰州北部出生的原住民及托雷斯海峡岛民婴儿进行了跟踪随访，以确定特定年龄段7价肺炎球菌结合疫苗（7vPCV）的接种情况。尽管该队列中有70%的婴儿在3个月时接种了一剂7vPCV，但到7个月时只有50%的婴儿接种了三剂。在3个月和5个月接种疫苗的大多数儿童（约90%）是在接种其他两剂计划内注射疫苗时同时接种的7vPCV，到12月龄时，大多数儿童（84%）接种了三剂7vPCV。然而，该队列中有18%的婴儿未接种任何疫苗（出生时接种的疫苗除外），另有10%的婴儿在3月龄时接种了其他计划内疫苗但未接种7vPCV，38%的婴儿在5月龄时接种了其他疫苗但未接种两剂7vPCV。文中描述了为使昆士兰州北部的原住民及托雷斯海峡岛民婴儿实现7vPCV的最佳覆盖率并提高及时性而采取的一系列措施。
