A multi-country randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F-protein nanoparticle vaccine was undertaken in 4,636 pregnant women and their infants. RSV F-protein vaccine was safe and immunogenic in the pregnant women inducing anti-F IgG, palivizumab-competing antibodies and RSV neutralizing antibodies that were transferred to the fetus. ...

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• 2020
• July 2020

This study describes predictors of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and density in Fiji ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• April 2020

Infant feeding practices in Australia have changed over the past decade; a large majority of infants are now fed peanut before 12 months of age ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Epidemiological evidence suggests offspring exposed to prenatal alcohol are at increased risk of alcohol use disorders in adulthood. The evidence on the risk of developing harmful alcohol use in adolescence is less clear. ...

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• 2020
• September 2020

Social attention can be acutely modified in children with ASD, with an increased tendency to orient attention toward faces after brief social attention training ...

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• 2019
• March 2019

To assess the efficacy and adverse events of epicutaneous immunotherapy with a peanut patch among peanut-allergic children ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• March 2019

In all six countries, child development scores increased with age and urban children consistently performed better than rural children ...

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• 2019
• February 2019

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) due to MDR organisms are increasingly common. The lack of paediatric data on efficacious antibiotics makes UTI treatment particularly challenging. Data on the efficacy of fosfomycin use for UTI in children are variable. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

The broadening of the clinical definition of autism over time-the so-called, autism spectrum-has run in parallel with the growth of a neurodiversity movement that has reframed the concept of autism entirely. Without a coherent and evidence-based framework through which both of these advances can be situated, the field is at risk of losing definition altogether. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Adenotonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical interventions in children, and while generally safe, it is associated with a risk of significant adverse events. In this issue, Kim et al report a prospective randomized controlled study comparing preoperative use of a tulobuterol (longacting beta agonist) dermal patch with placebo on the incidence of perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAEs) in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy. ...

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• 2023
• Jun 2023