To evaluate the effect on safety and coverage of earlier (18 m) scheduling of MMRV vaccine as the second dose of measles-containing vaccine in Australia. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

Although influenza vaccination is recommended during pregnancy as standard of care, limited surveillance data are available for monitoring uptake. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

This review discusses early brain development and the etiological factors that may give rise to atypical developmental trajectories, along with neuroimaging insights ...

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• 2019
• March 2019

Brad Carrington Raewyn Carol Melissa Farrant Shepherd Mutch Michie O'Donnell Photos BM CCJ RM C M BSc (Hons), PhD PhD MBChB., DipRACOG., Cert.HPRT, FRACP., PhD BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Co-Head, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Honorary ...

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Skin infection burden in remote Aboriginal communities can be reduced by the See, Treat, Prevent (SToP skin sores and scabies) trial ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

Existing quality of life scales for children in the general population or with other disabilities did not capture the QOL of children with Rett syndrome ...

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• 2016
• March 2016

Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child maltreatment and linked cross-jurisdictional data. Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell holds an ...

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The introduction of class II tetramers for identifying antigen-binding CD41 cells has lagged behind the use of class I tetramers because of difficulties... ...

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• 2011
• June 2011

Improving maternal gut health in pregnancy and lactation is a potential strategy to improve immune and metabolic health in offspring and curtail the rising rates of inflammatory diseases linked to alterations in gut microbiota. Here, we investigate the effects of a maternal prebiotic supplement (galacto-oligosaccharides and fructo-oligosaccharides), ingested daily from <21 weeks' gestation to six months' post-partum, in a double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled trial.  ...

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• 2024
• March 2024

Urbanization combined with climate change are exacerbating water scarcity for an increasing number of the world’s emerging cities. Water and sanitation infrastructure, which in the first place was largely built to cater only to a small subsector of developing city populations, is increasingly coming under excessive strain. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

Physical sequelae related to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are emerging and under-recognised global challenges. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to quantify the prevalence and the types of long-term physical sequelae associated with patients treated for MDR- and XDR-TB. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg BRVUS MD, PhD, DEAA, FANZA Chair of Paediatric anaesthesia, University of Western Australia; Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Perth Children’s Hospital; Team Leader, Perioperative Medicine Team; Program Lead, ...

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• 2022
• February 2022