To investigate temporal trends in admission rates for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in a total population birth cohort of non-Aboriginal and... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2007
• June 2007

Middle ear infections are one of the main reasons that children visit a GP, are prescribed antibiotics and need surgery. Aboriginal children are particularly susceptible and commonly suffer from hearing loss which can affect speech and learning. ...

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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. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• August 2020

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. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

COVID-19-associated non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) have disrupted respiratory viral transmission. We quantified the changes in paediatric hospital admissions in 2020 from five different NPI phases in Western Australia for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in children in the context of all-cause admissions. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021

There is a lack of data on the out-of-hospital burden of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in developed countries. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• August 2012

Christopher Hannah Tom Blyth Moore Snelling CC HC T MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases ...

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One in four ED presentations in WA children are for ARIs, representing a significant out-of-hospital burden with some evidence of geographical disparity ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• February 2019

Increased collaboration and engagement across all sectors can optimise the use of linked data to help reduce the burden of infectious diseases ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018

Human rhinovirus (HRV) species C (HRV-C) have been associated with frequent and severe acute lower respiratory infections and asthma in hospitalized children. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• July 2012

Chart review to validate linked microbiological data ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Coinfection is not associated with increased clinical severity, but further investigations by pathogen pairs are warranted ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016