Respiratory viruses are increasingly detected in children with community-acquired pneumonia but prevalence estimates vary substantially. We aimed to systematically review and pool estimates for 22 viruses commonly associated with community-acquired pneumonia. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

Leishmania braziliensis causes cutaneous (CL) and mucosal (ML) leishmaniasis. In the mouse, Fli1 was identified as a gene influencing enhanced wound healing... ...

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• 2012
• July 2012

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum chagasi. Genome-wide linkage studies from Sudan and Brazil identified... ...

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• 2011
• March 2011

Child obesity is a serious public health challenge affected by both individual choice and societal and environmental factors. The main modifiable risk factors for child obesity are unhealthy eating and low levels of physical activity, both influenced by aspects of the built environment.  ...

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• 2023
• October 2023

As families increase their use of mobile touch screen devices (smartphones and tablet computers), there is potential for this use to influence parent-child interactions required to form a secure attachment during infancy, and thus future child developmental outcomes. Thirty families of infants (aged 9-15 months) were interviewed to explore how parents and infants use these devices, and how device use influenced parents' thoughts, feelings and behaviours towards their infant and other family interactions. ...

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• 2023
• May 2023

Little attention has been given to the health status and lifestyle behaviours of expectant fathers. This study aimed to examine health-related variables in a cohort of expectant fathers to identify potential focus areas for interventions designed to optimise health and wellbeing outcomes in this group. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Our data provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underpinning the association of HLA-DRB1 alleles with risk versus protection in visceral leishmaniasis in humans ...

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• 2018
• April 2018

A world-leading cystic fibrosis research program, based at the Telethon Kids Institute, is a finalist in the 2015 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. ...

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Procurement and Supply Partner Queries Corporate Philanthropy For any procurement queries, please contact the Institute's Procurement Team. Emma ...

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Gina Nicole Trapp Wickens GT NW BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BHlthSc (Hons) ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Program Coordinator ...

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