Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a major human pathogen responsible for superficial infections through to life-threatening invasive disease and the autoimmune sequelae acute rheumatic fever (ARF). Despite a significant global economic and health burden, there is no licensed vaccine available to prevent GAS disease. Several pre-clinical vaccines that target conserved GAS antigens are in development. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

The first large-scale trial comparing mass and targeted deworming for soil-transmitted helminth control in South East Asia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• September 2019

Carol Bower C MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Senior Principal Research Fellow, Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research; Director, FASD Research ...

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• Early Environment
• Developmental Origins of Child Health
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The Parents, Young People and Alcohol campaign achieved high awareness and positively influenced parental outcomes ...

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• 2018
• July 2018

This study aimed to examine the uptake of influenza vaccination amongst a cohort of Australian children and factors associated with vaccine acceptance. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• November 2014

We have developed a PCR-high-resolution melt (PCR-HRM) assay to discriminate nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) colonies from Haemophilus haemolyticus ...

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• 2014
• December 2014

This report is the third in a series examining patterns and trends in mortality among Western Australian infants, children and young people, and covers... ...

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• 2013
• December 2013

This research developed messages to promote abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy and identified elements that enhance message persuasiveness. ...

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• 2013
• December 2013

Biomarkers in cystic fibrosis are used for the measurement of cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator function in order to diagnose cystic fibrosis,... ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Influenza diagnosis codes had high specificity (98.6%) and modest positive predictive value (PPV; 84.1%) and sensitivity (86.1%) for a laboratory-confirmed... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• July 2013