These findings highlight the critical need to evaluate the efficacy of future pneumococcal vaccine programs in the Australian Indigenous populations that recommend repeated doses of 23vPPV. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

A directed approach to the differential diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever now includes the concept of low-risk versus medium-to-high risk populations ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• February 2017

After brief training, health workers with no prior experience in echocardiography can obtain adequate quality images and make a reliable assessment ...

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

Vaccines against Streptococcus pyogenes are considered as impeded vaccines because of a number of crucial barriers to development ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• June 2016

This study adds to emerging data suggesting increasing importance of iGAS in low- and middle-income settings globally. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• October 2015

Documenting carer, service provider and healthcare practitioner perspectives on skin infections provides more understanding of the context of treatment decisions ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• September 2019

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen that causes an array of infectious diseases in humans. Accumulating clinical evidence suggests that proinflammatory interleukin (IL)-1beta signaling plays an important role in GAS disease progression. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• August 2021

Our local data supports continuing intramuscular injection of BPG in patients with rheumatic heart disease receiving anticoagulant medication ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• July 2020

We outline a series of research initiatives to improve identification of RHD in administrative data thereby contributing to monitoring the RHD burden globally ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• March 2019

The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever relies on a combination of clinical evaluation and laboratory studies. Diagnosis is usually made using the Jones criteria, which have recently been updated in 2015. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• January 2021

Acute rheumatic fever is infrequently diagnosed in sub-Saharan African countries despite the high prevalence of rheumatic heart disease. We aimed to determine the incidence of acute rheumatic fever in northern and western Uganda. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

The heart failure epidemic is growing and its prevention, in order to reduce associated hospital readmission rates and its clinical and economic burden, is a key issue in modern cardiovascular medicine. The present position paper aims to provide practical evidence-based information to support the implementation of effective preventive measures. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022