Few children and adolescents receiving BPG as secondary prophylaxis will achieve concentrations >0.02 mg/L for the majority of the time between injections ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• July 2019

To determine whether there was an independent effect of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
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• 2010
• April 2010

Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child maltreatment and linked cross-jurisdictional data. Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell holds an ...

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Vaccine development and implementation decisions need to be guided by accurate and robust burden of disease data. We developed an innovative systematic framework outlining the properties of such data that are needed to advance vaccine development and evaluation, and prioritize research and surveillance activities. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• September 2022

Without a booster dose, the effectiveness of 3 doses waned more rapidly from 2 to 4 years of age than previously documented for children >6 years of age who... ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• February 2014

In 2010, a large outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis occurred in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory, Australia. ...

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

To describe antibiotic treatment durations that pediatric infectious diseases (ID) and critical care clinicians usually recommend for bloodstream infections in critically ill children. ...

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

To characterise the epidemiology, clinical features and treatment of paediatric cellulitis. Methods A retrospective study of children presenting to a paediatric tertiary hospital in Western Australia, Australia in 2018. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

We have closely followed the international literature about severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) transmission dynamics in children (aged 0–18 years).2 Evidence‐informed discussion about school attendance in the context of COVID‐19 is a high priority and this complex subject requires weighted expert review of the literature to accurately inform policy. As paediatricians and infectious diseases specialists, we wish to highlight important considerations when interpreting the available data. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

During a pandemic when hospitals are stretched and patients need isolation, the role of hospital-in-the-home (HITH) providing acute medical care at home has never been more relevant. We aimed to define and address the challenges to acute home care services posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

This study was designed to determine the sensitivity and reproducibility of recovering anti-streptolysin O titres (ASOT) from dried blood spot (DBS) samples ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017

Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of impetigo pathogens in a randomised, controlled trial of impetigo treatment conducted in remote Indigenous communities ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• December 2014