Recent data on the epidemiology of impetigo and scabies and describe the current evidence around approaches to individual and community based treatment ...

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

Receiving vaccines at or close to their due date (vaccination timeliness) is a now key measure of program performance. However, studies comprehensively examining predictors of delayed infant vaccination are lacking. We aimed to identify predictors of short and longer-term delays in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccination by dose number and ethnicity. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• August 2020

Streptoccocal A (Strep A, GAS) infections in Australia are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality through both invasive (iGAS) and post-streptococcal (postGAS) diseases as well as preceding superficial (sGAS) skin and throat infection. The burden of iGAS and postGAS are addressed in some jurisdictions by mandatory notification systems; in contrast, the burden of preceding sGAS has no reporting structure, and is less well defined. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• November 2023

COVID-19-associated non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) have disrupted respiratory viral transmission. We quantified the changes in paediatric hospital admissions in 2020 from five different NPI phases in Western Australia for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in children in the context of all-cause admissions. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021

Benzathine penicillin G is the cornerstone of secondary prophylaxis to prevent Streptococcus pyogenes infections, which precede acute rheumatic fever. ...

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

Bacterial skin infections and scabies disproportionately affect children in resource-poor countries as well as underprivileged children in high-income countries. Atopic dermatitis is a common childhood dermatosis that predisposes to bacterial skin infection. ...

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

Children with medical comorbidities are at greater risk for severe influenza and poorer clinical outcomes. Despite recommendations and funding, influenza vaccine coverage remains inadequate in these children. We aimed to systematically review literature assessing interventions targeting influenza vaccine coverage in children with comorbidities and assess the impact on influenza vaccine coverage. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

We conducted a systematic review of clinical trials and observational studies that address the utility of SXT for SSTI treatment, caused by either GAS or MRSA ...

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

Christopher Asha Blyth Bowen CC AC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and ...

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Asha Jonathan Bowen Carapetis AM AC JR BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Executive ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Early Environment
• Developmental Origins of Child Health
• Expired projects