Group A Streptococcus (GAS) M protein is an important virulence factor and potential vaccine antigen, and constitutes the basis for strain typing (emm-typing). ...

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• 2013
• May 2013

Terrance Brittany Johns Dewdney T BD BSc, MBSc, PhD Honorary Research Associate Postdoctoral Researcher - Oncogenic Signalling Laboratory brittany.dewdney@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Research Associate Postdoctoral Researcher Professor Johns was ...

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Anthony Christopher David Ingrid Shannon Thomas Kicic Blyth Martino Laing Simpson Iosifidis A CC DM IL SS TI BSc (Hons) PhD MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD BSc PhD BSc PhD BMedSci (hons), PhD BSc BMedSci(Hons) PhD Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, ...

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Multi-jurisdictional cohort of mother-infant pairs to measure the uptake, safety and effectiveness of antenatal IIV and dTpa vaccines in three Australian jurisdictions ...

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• 2019
• June 2019

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

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• 2017
• November 2017

Keely Tim Liz Bebbington Jones Davis KB TW EA MClinPsych/PhD MBBS DCH FRACP MD MBBS FRACP PhD McCusker Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Type 1 Diabetes Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; ...

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This study investigates the heritability of language, speech, and nonverbal cognitive development of twins at 4 and 6 years of age. ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

Coinfection is not associated with increased clinical severity, but further investigations by pathogen pairs are warranted ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Indigenous children and young peoples live with an inequitable burden of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. In this Review, we focus on the epidemiological burden and lived experience of these conditions for Indigenous young peoples in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. We outline the direct and indirect drivers of rheumatic heart disease risk and their mitigation. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

Providing remote communities with access to chlorinated swimming pools has been considered as a possible strategy for reducing ear and skin infection rates... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

Playgroups are community-based programs for children and families aiming to improve child outcomes, enhance family and community networks and increase parenting capacity. Despite the prevalence of playgroups in Australian communities there is a lack of research clearly articulating the key components of playgroups, specifically from the perspective of parents attending these groups. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

Our review highlights similarities and differences in the application of the test-negative design that deserve further examination ...

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• 2020
• January 2020