Acknowledgements

We wish to thank Mr Brian Richings, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, ACT; Dr Ossi Mansoor, Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand; Mr Brynley Hull, Family Medicine Research Unit, University of Sydney; and the State and Territory Immunisation Co-ordinators Ms Yvonne Epping (ACT), Ms Lizzie Griggs (NSW), Dr Angela Merianos (NT), Ms Karen Peterson (QLD), Ms Ann Kempe (SA), Dr Avner Misrachi (TAS), Dr Rosemary Lester (VIC), Dr Tony Watson (WA); and Dr John Carnie, Department of Health, Victoria, for their help in the preparation of this document.

We also thank Dr Jill Forrest and Ms Jacinda Dawson, NCIRS for their invaluable assistance in editing and preparing the manuscript.

Author affiliations

Address for correspondence

National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS), Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, PO Box 3515, Parramatta, NSW, 2124

1. National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Sydney, NSW

2. National Centre for Disease Control, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra, ACT

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This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 6, 10 June 1999.