Technology-based interventions may provide a relatively low-cost addition to existing therapist-delivered interventions for children with ASD ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017

The global population has been severely affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, however, with older age identified as a risk factor, children have been underprioritized. This article discusses the factors contributing to the less severe response observed in children following infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including, differing viral entry receptor expression and immune responses. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• May 2023

Christopher Asha Projects Team Leads Blyth Bowen Principal external collaborators West Australian Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Study (WAIVE)   ...

• Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases
• Our research

Scabies is one of the world’s most prevalent diseases, with approximately 147 million cases at any one time and an estimated annual incidence of 455 million new episodes. Although Group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis has long been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and subsequent rheumatic heart disease (RHD), impetigo caused by GAS has recently been postulated as a link between scabies and the pathogenesis of ARF. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• October 2023

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes pharyngitis (sore throat) and impetigo (skin sores) GAS pharyngitis triggers rheumatic fever (RF) with epidemiological evidence supporting that GAS impetigo may also trigger RF in Australian Aboriginal children. Understanding the concurrent burden of these superficial GAS infections is critical to RF prevention. This pilot study aimed to trial tools for concurrent surveillance of sore throats and skins sore for contemporary studies of RF pathogenesis including development of a sore throat checklist for Aboriginal families and pharynx photography. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

Group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS), a Gram-positive bacterium, causes skin, mucosal and systemic infections. Repeated GAS infections can lead to autoimmune diseases acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have the highest rates of ARF and RHD in the world. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

The Children’s Respiratory Science group’s research has an emphasis on mechanisms of respiratory health in children including those that predict and underpin acute viral respiratory infections in children. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Chronic and Severe Diseases
• Respiratory Health Program

Serotype 24F is one of the emerging pneumococcal serotypes after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV). We aimed to identify lineages driving the increase of serotype 24F in France and place these findings into a global context. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• October 2022

Asha Glenn Marianne Bowen Pearson Mullane AC G MM BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM BA (Education) PhD Candidate BSc (OT) Head, Healthy Skin and ARF ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Projects

Given the ongoing mortality and morbidity from GAS infections, we must address more effectively the treatment and prevention of GAS impetigo and pharyngitis ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016