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• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease has changed over the last decade and there has been an increase in cases caused by serogroup W135, particularly in Indigenous children. Extra‐meningeal and atypical presentations are associated with serogroup W and may delay diagnosis and therefore appropriate treatment. Public and clinician awareness are essential in facilitating effective new vaccine schedule implementation. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

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

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• November 2014

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

• Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases
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Christopher Hannah Peter Peter Blyth Moore Jacoby Richmond CC HC PJ PC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD BA (Hons) ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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Pneumonia remains a leading cause of hospitalization and death among young children worldwide, and the diagnostic challenge of differentiating bacterial from non-bacterial pneumonia is the main driver of antibiotic use for treating pneumonia in children. Causal Bayesian networks (BNs) serve as powerful tools for this problem as they provide clear maps of probabilistic relationships between variables and produce results in an explainable way by incorporating both domain expert knowledge and numerical data. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• March 2023

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a multiorgan inflammatory disorder that results from the body's autoimmune response to pharyngitis or a skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A). Acute rheumatic fever mainly affects those in low- and middle-income nations, as well as in indigenous populations in wealthy nations, where initial Strep A infections may go undetected. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• September 2022

Asha Janessa Tim Bowen Pickering Barnett AC Dr TB BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD BSc PhD PhD Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Senior Research ...

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Meta-analyses and single-site studies have established that children are less infectious than adults within a household when positive for ancestral SARS-CoV-2. In addition, children appear less susceptible to infection when exposed to ancestral SARS-CoV-2 within a household. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) has been associated with an increased number of paediatric infections worldwide. ...

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

Jonathan Asha Dylan Rosemary Janessa Carapetis AM Bowen Barth Wyber Pickering JR AC DB R Dr AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD ...

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