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STopping Acute Rheumatic Fever Infections to Strengthen Health (STARFISH) brings together a diverse and multidisciplinary research team to investigate the most effective environmental health initiatives (EHIs) aimed at reducing Strep A infections and prevent Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF).

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This work will be undertaken in collaboration with The Kids Research Institute Australia and Australian based research teams to better understand how Penicillin works in Māori and Pacific children/teens who receive monthly BPG injections.

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Goal: Characterize the pattern of contemporary and endemic ARF and develop a biological signature to improve sensitivity and specificity of ARF diagnosis.

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We review GAS transmission characteristics and prevention strategies, historical and geographical trends and report on the estimated global burden disease...

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Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a...

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In Australia, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is almost exclusively restricted to Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people with children being...

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Globally, ARF and RHD cause more than a quarter of a million deaths and substantial disability each year.

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This study will identify the incidence of true Group A Streptococcal pharyngitis and serological responses to Group A Streptococcal GAS skin infections

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Here, the role, status, and directions in Group A Streptococcus vaccines research are discussed

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Prevention strategies in ARF endemic settings may be enhanced by targeting new members entering a community and children in environments of close contact