We conducted a comprehensive, systematic review of the global childhood population prevalence of impetigo and the broader condition pyoderma. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• August 2015

Sensitivity and positive predictive value of cardiac auscultation compared with echocardiography is poor, regardless of the expertise of the auscultator. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• August 2013

We aimed to measure the incidence and severity of invasive Group A Strep disease in the NT since 1996. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• January 2014

Rheumatic heart disease affects more than 40.5 million people worldwide and results in 306,000 deaths annually. Echocardiographic screening detects rheumatic heart disease at an early, latent stage. Whether secondary antibiotic prophylaxis is effective in preventing progression of latent rheumatic heart disease is unknown. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• January 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
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

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
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• August 2020

The young age of the first infection with skin sores and scabies reflects the high disease burden in these communities ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• July 2018

The age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region are considerably higher than the global average ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• May 2018

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus. ...

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

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses significant perinatal risks. We aimed to describe the spectrum, severity and outcomes of rheumatic mitral valve disease in pregnancy in Australia and New Zealand. ...

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