Otitis media is very common in Aboriginal children in Western Australia and chronic ear disease causes major problems in speech and language development and education. Up until recently, most programmes dealing with the problem of OM have focused on clinical interventions rather than prevention. The Enhanced Prevention Working Group was established as part of the WA Child Ear Health Strategy (2017–2021). The Group has worked collaboratively to develop a set of recommendations for prevention of OM in Aboriginal children. ...

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• 2020
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This Clinical Puzzle article describes our current knowledge of chronic otitis media and the existing research models for this condition ...

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• 2017
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We characterised the nasopharyngeal microbiome of these children in comparison to children with rAOM to identify potentially protective bacteria. ...

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• 2018
• February 2018

Conserved vaccine candidate proteins from S.pneumoniae induce serum and salivary antibody responses in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children with history of OM ...

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• 2017
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Globally, S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae remain the predominant otopathogens associated with OM as identified through bacterial culture ...

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• 2016
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Peter Ruth Elke Richmond Thornton Seppanen PC RT ES MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD BSc PhD Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Program Manager, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group ...

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Otitis media (OM) is among the most common illnesses of early childhood, characterised by the presence of inflammation in the middle ear cavity... ...

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• 2011
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Deborah Hannah Lehmann Moore D HC AO, MBBS, MSc OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD Honorary Emeritus Fellow Program Head, Infection and Vaccines 08 6319 1427 Hannah.moore@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Emeritus Fellow Program Head, Infection and ...

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Deborah Jean-Francois Lea-Ann Peter Ruth Strickland Lauzon-Joset Kirkham Richmond Thornton DH JFLJ LK PC RT PhD PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD Program Head, Immunobiology and Immunotherapeutic Program Senior Research Officer Co-Head, Bacterial ...

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The most urgent areas appear to be to continue monitoring the emergence of novel otopathogens, and the need to develop prevention and preventative therapies ...

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We identified several novel candidate genes which warrant further analysis in cohorts matched more precisely for clinical phenotypes. ...

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• 2012
• January 2012

Are you listening? The inaugural OMOZ Workshop - towards a better understanding of otitis media ...

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• 2010
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