With improvement in leukemia therapy, central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the leading cause of cancer mortality in children and the most expensive... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• January 2011

Measuring body weight during therapy has received insufficient attention in poor resource settings like Ethiopia. We aimed to investigate the association between weight change during therapy and treatment outcomes among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in northwest Ethiopia. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Geostatistical analysis of health data is increasingly used to model spatial variation in malaria prevalence, burden, and other metrics. Traditional inference methods for geostatistical modelling are notoriously computationally intensive, motivating the development of newer, approximate methods for geostatistical analysis or, more broadly, computational modelling of spatial processes. ...

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

Climatic conditions play a key role in the transmission and pathophysiology of respiratory tract infections, either directly or indirectly. However, their impact on the COVID-19 pandemic propagation is yet to be studied. ...

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

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major public health challenge in China. Understanding TB management delays within the context of China’s unique ethnic diversity may be of value in tackling the disease. This study sought to evaluate the impact of ethnic minority status on TB diagnosis and treatment delays. ...

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

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections are notoriously complicated by the ability of the organism to grow in biofilms and are difficult to eradicate with antimicrobial therapy. ...

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

We conclude that updated global recommendations for therapy of nutritional rickets complement previously published position statements for Australia and New Zealand ...

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

Psychotic experiences appear to be particularly associated with depressive symptoms and psychological distress, impaired role functioning and quality of life in help-seeking young people in the medium-term ...

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

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common opportunistic infection encountered in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) and may be reactivated without symptoms at any time post-transplant. ...

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

NIP has seen poor vaccine impact, related to recent vaccine safety concerns. ...

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

Barriers in addressing FASD in Australia include a drinking culture and large populations living in regional or remote communities with high risk populations. ...

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

Few studies have examined graphomotor skills in children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) ...

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