Influenza disease and vaccination in children in Australia

• 1 Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA
• 2 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
• 3 University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
• 4 National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW
• 5 Monash University, Melbourne, VIC

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