Malaria is a deadly disease caused by Plasmodium spp. Several blood phenotypes have been associated with malarial resistance, which suggests a genetic component to immune protection. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• Jun 2023

A survey of 136 articles published in 2019 (sampled at random) was conducted to determine whether a statement about missing data was included. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• May 2022

The Bacille-Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccination remains the primary strategy to prevent severe disseminated TB in young children, particularly in high TB-burden countries such as Ethiopia. Accurate knowledge of vaccination coverage in small geographical areas is critically important to developing targeted immunization campaigns. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the spatiotemporal distributions and ecological level determinants of BCG vaccination coverage in Ethiopia. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• June 2022

The genetic causes of intellectual disability (ID) are heterogeneous and include both chromosomal and monogenic etiologies. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017

The review examines the international literature to determine how disengagement can be defined & understood, & then examines student disengagement in Australia. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• October 2015

Current strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in young adults are largely limited to those at extremes of risk. In cohort studies we have shown cluster analysis identified a large sub-group of adolescents with multiple risk factors. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• October 2021

A widespread G2P[4] rotavirus epidemic in rural and remote Australia provided an opportunity to evaluate the performance of Rotarix and RotaTeq rotavirus vaccines, ten years after their incorporation into Australia's National Immunisation Program. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• September 2020

The human gut microbiome has increasingly been associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which is a neurological developmental disorder, characterized by impairments to social interaction. ...

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

Infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), malaria and soil-transmitted helminthiasis continue to impose a significant global health burden and socio-economic impact. Globally, minority indigenous people are disproportionately affected by poverty and are shown to experience a disparate burden of disease and poorer health outcomes than the comparative majority population. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• July 2021

Opportunities for improved mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people lie in improving the capability of primary healthcare services to identify mental healthcare needs and respond in timely and appropriate ways. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• September 2022

This paper is an editorial comment by Professor Patrick Holt on the potential for developing early intervention strategies in children with allergies and asthma ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2014
• February 2014

Our data indicate epigenetic dysregulation in the early stages of signal transduction through the T cell receptor complex, and likely reflects pathways modified by gene-environment interactions in food allergy ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2018
• August 2018