There is a marked shift in innate and adaptive immune responses in Chinese immigrants after living in a Western environment for several years ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• December 2018

Early aberrant antibody responses, aeroallergen sensitised people, subclinical bacterial infection ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2010
• January 2010

Lea-Ann Peter Ruth Kirkham Richmond Thornton LK PC RT PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; ...

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Multi-jurisdictional cohort of mother-infant pairs to measure the uptake, safety and effectiveness of antenatal IIV and dTpa vaccines in three Australian jurisdictions ...

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• 2019
• June 2019

We investigated the suggestion that otitis-prone children have an impaired antibody response in the context of pneumococcal vaccination. ...

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• 2012
• April 2012

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. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

Chris Jennifer Lea-Ann Peter Ruth Brennan-Jones Kent Kirkham Richmond Thornton C J LK PC RT PhD RN PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD Head, Ear Health ...

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A Telethon Kids Institute spin-off company has received $20 million from the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund to develop a promising new therapy for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. ...

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• 2019
• March

Professor Donna Cross’ innovative research aims to protect children from the harmful effects of online bullying. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2016
• May

Otitis media (OM; middle ear infection) is the most common reason for pre-school children to visit a doctor, be prescribed antimicrobials, or undergo surgery. Recent Cochrane reviews of clinical trials have identified that antibiotics and grommet surgery are only moderately effective in treating OM, with recurrent or persistent infection observed in one-third of children. Research efforts are focusing on developing improved therapies to treat OM and prevent disease recurrence. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021