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Adverse Events Following Influenza Immunization Reported by Healthcare Personnel Using Active Surveillance Based on Text Messages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2015

Lauren E. Tracey*
Affiliation:
Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Western Australian Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Annette K. Regan
Affiliation:
Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Western Australian Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Donna B. Mak
Affiliation:
Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Western Australian Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Paul V. Effler
Affiliation:
Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Western Australian Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
*
Address correspondence to Lauren E. Tracey, MPH, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Western Australian Department of Health, 227 Stubbs Terrace, Shenton Park, Western Australia, 6008, Australia (Lauren.Tracey@health.wa.gov.au).

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