Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcus, resides exclusively in humans and causes invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). The population of N. meningitidis is structured into stable clonal complexes by limited horizontal recombination in this naturally transformable species. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

Sensitive measures of early lung disease are being integrated into therapeutic trials and clinical practice in cystic fibrosis (CF). The impact of early disease surveillance (EDS) using these novel and often intensive techniques on young children and their families is not well researched. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• October 2020

General practitioners (GPs) have a key role in supporting young people who present with suicidal behaviour/self-harm. However, little is known about young people's opinions and experiences related to GPs' practices for such presentations, and their decisions to disclose suicidal behaviour/self-harm to GPs. Additionally, existing guidelines for the management of suicide risk and/or self-harm have not incorporated young people's perspectives. This study aimed to explore young people's views and experiences related to the identification, assessment and care of suicidal behaviour and self-harm in primary care settings with GPs. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• October 2020

In recent years the study of the commensal microbiota is driving a remarkable paradigm shift in our understanding of human physiology. However, intrinsic technical difficulties associated with investigating the Microbiomics of some body niches are hampering the development of new knowledge. This is particularly the case when investigating the functional role played by the human microbiota in modulating the physiology of key organ systems. A major hurdle in investigating specific Microbiome communities is linked to low bacterial density and susceptibility to bias caused by environmental contamination. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• October 2020

The re-emergence of scarlet fever poses a new global public health threat. The capacity of North-East Asian serotype M12 (emm12) Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) to cause scarlet fever has been linked epidemiologically to the presence of novel prophages ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• October 2020

Listed are the Telethon Kids Institute research teams involved in our Genetics and Rare Diseases Program. This program sits under the Chronic and Severe Diseases research theme. ...

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• Chronic and Severe Diseases

Improving the lives of children with a disability and their families sits at the core of our team. ...

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• Brain and Behaviour
• Development and Disability

The Intervention and Infectious Disease Modelling group informs development and implementation of drugs, medical treatments and non-medical interventions to effectively tackle disease. They build mathematical models of diseases, designed to take into account the complex constellation of interactions between pathogens, humans, diseases, the environment and entire healthcare systems. ...

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• Early Environment
• Infection and Vaccines

The vision of the Perioperative Medicine Team is to make discoveries that will improve children’s perioperative care and lead to global practice change. ...

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• Chronic and Severe Diseases
• Perioperative Care Program

For Aboriginal Community Researchers Minitja Marawili and Yunutju Gondarra, the work of the END RHD CRE is deeply personal. ...

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• Early Environment
• END RHD Program
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