Pediatric Vaccines

Research Findings from Royal Children's Hospital Update Understanding of Pediatric Vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 8th, 2011

2011 JUN 8 -- According to a study from Parkville, Australia, "Several indicators suggest that food allergy in infants is common and possibly increasing. Few studies have used oral food challenge to measure this phenomenon at the population level."

"To measure the prevalence of common IgE-mediated childhood food allergies in a population-based sample of 12-month-old infants by using predetermined food challenge criteria to measure outcomes. A sampling frame was used to select recruitment areas to attain a representative population base. Recruitment occurred at childhood immunization sessions in Melbourne, Australia. Infants underwent skin prick testing, and...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-06-08)

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