Meta-analyses and single-site studies have established that children are less infectious than adults within a household when positive for ancestral SARS-CoV-2. In addition, children appear less susceptible to infection when exposed to ancestral SARS-CoV-2 within a household. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) has been associated with an increased number of paediatric infections worldwide. ...

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• 2023
• May 2023

Asha Janessa Tim Bowen Pickering Barnett AC Dr TB BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD BSc PhD PhD Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Senior Research Fellow (currently HOT NORTH Early Career Fellow) Head of the Strep A Pathogenesis & Diagnostics team ...

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The burden and consequences of skin infections for remote living indigenous people are high ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

Highlight of some of the most interesting abstracts presented at the 2016 ERS International Congress, which was held in London ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

Harmful alcohol consumption contributes to poorer health for all people. For Indigenous Peoples of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand alcohol impacts their wellbeing significantly, this is partially explained by both their experiences of colonisation and the resulting impact on structural and social determinants of health. Indigenous Peoples have a recognised right to self-determination, which includes their right to contribute to policy decisions that affect them. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

The Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) Network has become the largest resource for reference values for routine lung function testing ever assembled. ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

Playing a wind or brass (W/B) instrument is considered a strenuous activity for the respiratory system. ...

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• 2010
• August 2010

This paper reviews American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) immunogenetics in the state of Bahia (BA), northeastern Brazil, highlighting the interacting roles... ...

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• 2014
• May 2014

Australian First Nations children are at very high risk of early, recurrent, and persistent bacterial otitis media and respiratory tract infection. With the PREVIX randomised controlled trials, we aimed to evaluate the immunogenicity of novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedules. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

Antimicrobials are the most commonly prescribed drug class in children. Overuse through inappropriate prescribing is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance and is recognized as one of the top 10 threats to global health by the World Health Organization. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

Yael Perry YP BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD Program Head, Mental Health & Youth; Head, Youth Mental Health 08 6319 1298 yael.perry@telethonkids.org.au Program Head, Mental Health & Youth; Head, Youth Mental Health @yaelperry she/her/hers A/Prof ...

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This study developed and tested a highly usable, and moderately acceptable, smartphone app to improve the psychosocial health of young people living with CF ...

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• 2020
• March 2020