We aimed to assess safety, tolerability, and Plasmodium vivax relapse rates of ultra-short course (3.5 days) high-dose (1 mg/kg twice daily) primaquine (PQ) for uncomplicated malaria because of any Plasmodium species in children randomized to early- or delayed treatment. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• May 2023

Young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) can face significant challenges in their lives, including overrepresentation in the justice system from a young age. Police questioning and court proceedings can be difficult for these young people to navigate. Practice and policy responses are necessary to identify these individuals, provide appropriate support/rehabilitation, and upskill the justice workforce. The aim of this research was to determine the unmet workforce development needs of a regional workforce providing care and support to youth involved with the justice system. ...

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• 2021
• February 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

Human microbiota plays a fundamental role in modulating the immune response. Western environment and lifestyle are envisaged to alter the human microbiota with a new microbiome profile established in Chinese immigrants, which fails to prime the immune system. Here, we investigated how differences in composition of oropharyngeal microbiome may contribute to patterns of interaction between the microbiome and immune system in Chinese immigrants living in Australia. ...

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• 2020
• July 2020

Here we report a novel ω-transaminase discovered in a marine sponge Pseudovibrio sp. isolate ...

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

Parents navigate what can be a confusing world of early intervention services, residing in the health, disability and/or education sectors ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• September 2018

Here we examined single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in these genes as risk factors for cutaneous (CL) and mucosal leishmaniasis (ML), and leishmaniasis... ...

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• 2015
• March 2015

The concept of cultural safety is particularly relevant to mental health professionals as it aims to promote cultural integrity and social justice and equality. ...

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

Guideline to provide evidence-based recommendations on diagnostic testing for primary ciliary dyskinesia ...

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

Existing evidence supporting the safety of vaccination during pregnancy should be used to reassure pregnant women and improve vaccine uptake in pregnancy ...

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

This study investigated what young people in primary school reported being worried about with their impending move to secondary school, and how their... ...

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• 2014
• February 2014

We investigated whether a reduction of preventable deaths from physical disorders was mediated by better access to specialized medical procedures. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• January 2014