The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of skin infection associated hospitalizations in children born in Western Australia (WA). ...

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

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains the leading cause of cardiac-related deaths and disability in children and young adults worldwide. In The Gambia, the RHD burden is thought to be high although no data are available and no control programme is yet implemented. We conducted a pilot study to generate baseline data on the clinical and valvular characteristics of RHD patients at first presentation, adherence to penicillin prophylaxis and the evolution of lesions over time. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• October 2021

Group A streptococcal (GAS) infections can trigger an immune-mediated response resulting in acute rheumatic fever. The role of social and environmental risk factors for GAS pharyngitis and skin infections are not well understood. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• September 2022

Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease is a concise, yet comprehensive, clinical resource highlighting must-know information on rheumatic heart disease and acute rheumatic fever from a global perspective ...

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

Occult maternal heart disease may be responsible for a substantial proportion of adverse pregnancy outcomes in low-resource settings ...

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

We reflect on the lessons learned from a recent genome‐wide association study of rheumatic heart disease with Aboriginal Australian participants ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• March 2020

The ERASE Project has created an unprecedented linked administrative database on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia ...

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

Skin infections are a significant cause of severe disease, requiring hospitalization in Western Australian children, particularly with Aboriginal children ...

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

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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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

Young people with screening-detected RHD have worse health outcomes than screen-negative cases in Fiji. ...

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

Epidemiologic data on invasive group C/G Streptococcus (iGCGS) infections are sparse internationally. Linked population-level hospital, pathology, and death data were used to describe the disease burden in Western Australia, Australia, during 2000-2018 compared with that of invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS, Streptococcus pyogenes) infections. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

There was evidence of extensive transmission of group A Streptococcus both within households and across the community ...

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