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Rosemary Sophie Jonathan Wyber La Vincente Carapetis AM R SLV JR MBChB MPH FRACGP PhD BPsych (Hons) MAppEpi PhD AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Senior Research Fellow Rheach Deputy Director Executive Director; Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of ...

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Dysregulated expression of IFN-dependent pathways after respiratory viral infections is a defining immunophenotypic feature of AVB-susceptible infants ...

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• 2019
• June 2019

Multiple lifestyle risk factors exhibit a stronger association with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) compared to a single factor, emphasizing the necessity of considering them collectively. By integrating these major lifestyle risk factors, we can identify individuals with an overall unhealthy lifestyle, which facilitates the provision of targeted interventions for those at significant risk of NCDs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the socio-demographic correlates of unhealthy lifestyles among adolescents and adults in Ethiopia. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

Among Australian adolescents, the 4CMenB vaccine had no discernible effect on the carriage of disease-causing meningococci, including group B ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

the association between infant LRTI and risk for persistent wheeze/asthma in this cohort is generally stronger for fLRTIs than for other infection categories ...

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• 2019
• November 2019

Longer time since last acute coronary syndrome admission was associated with dispensing fewer medications types and combinations in 2008 ...

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• 2016
• December 2016

Although the timeliness benchmark is being met for Indigenous Australians in palliative care, they may experience delayed initiation of care episodes ...

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• 2018
• December 2018

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Surgical intervention is an important treatment modality for advanced rheumatic heart disease (RHD). This study aimed to describe patient characteristics and outcomes from cardiac surgery for RHD in patients referred to the only tertiary paediatric hospital in Western Australia.  ...

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• 2023
• October 2023

Delivering cancer control at scale for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is a national priority that requires Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and codesign, as well as significant involvement of the Aboriginal community-controlled health sector. The unique genomic variation observed among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples may have implications for standard and precision medicine. ...

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• 2024
• July 2024

Apart from comorbidities and patient-level characteristics, readmissions after stroke/transient ischemic attack were associated with discharge destination ...

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• 2020
• February 2020