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Leading disease modeller appointed inaugural Fiona Stanley Chair of Child Health ResearchThe Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia are proud to announce the appointment of the inaugural Fiona Stanley Chair of Child Health Research, Professor Melissa Penny.
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Call for national newborn screening for little-known CMV virusWestern Australian researchers advocate for a national newborn screening program for congenital CMV to prevent hearing loss and related disabilities in infants.
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The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher recognised for saving children in PNGClinical Associate Professor Deborah Lehmann has been recognised for her dedication to reducing the burden of infectious diseases in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with an award supporting research in the Western Pacific named in her honour.
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New ear health study music to the ears of Aboriginal childrenWait times for Aboriginal children suffering ear infections could be reduced to less than four weeks thanks to a new The Kids Research Institute Australia research project
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Collaborating to prevent killer diseases in PNGFor more than a decade, The Kids Research Institute Australia and Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research have been fighting against killer infectious diseases.
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Hospitalisation with infection, asthma and allergy in Kawasaki disease patients and their families: genealogical analysis using linked population dataKawasaki disease results from an abnormal immunological response to one or more infectious triggers.
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Detection of the rapid emergency of the H274 mutation associated with oseltamivir-resistanceIn 2009 a new swine-origin influenza virus A/H1N1 (A/H1N1 09) emerged, causing the century's first pandemic.
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Epigenetics in infectious diseasesViruses, bacteria, and parasites have developed strategies to invade and establish long-term infections in their hosts.
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The stark reality of rheumatic heart diseaseThis editorial refers to ‘Characteristics, complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic Heart...
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Surveillance of antenatal influenza vaccination: Validity of current systems and recommendations for improvementAlthough influenza vaccination is recommended during pregnancy as standard of care, limited surveillance data are available for monitoring uptake.