Children with comorbidities are at greater risk of severe influenza outcomes compared with healthy children. In Australia, influenza vaccination was funded for those with comorbidities from 2010 and all children aged <5 years from 2018. Influenza vaccine coverage remains inadequate in children with and without comorbidities. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

We report the impact on Strongyloides seroprevalence after two oral ivermectin mass drug administrations (MDAs) delivered 12 months apart in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

The Australian Private Health Insurance Incentive (PHII) policy reforms implemented in 1997-2000 increased PHI membership in Australia by 50%. ...

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• 2012
• July 2012

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

This study aims to identify clinical predictors of influenza infection in children ≤5 years old from which age-specific ILI definitions are then constructed. ...

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• 2013
• September 2013

Here we employ whole blood assays to evaluate human cytokine responses to 11 of these antigens, in comparison to known defined and crude antigen preparations. ...

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• 2012
• January 2012

Although neurocognitive, psychological and behavioural problems were noted for some patients during medical review, only 20% of patients were formally assessed. ...

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• 2013
• May 2013

Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pnc), nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat) are the most important bacterial pathogens... ...

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• 2012
• December 2012

We systematically reviewed the published evidence for the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis among aboriginal populations from Australia,... ...

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• 2012
• December 2012

Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) follows localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania braziliensis. ...

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• 2010
• July 2010

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

We observed an association between Type III DNA methyltransferase presence and Otitis Media-associated middle ear isolates ...

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• 2018
• November 2018