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Single Parasternal-Long-Axis-View-Sweep Screening Echocardiographic Protocol to Detect Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Prospective Study of Diagnostic AccuracyEchocardiographic screening in school-aged children can detect rheumatic heart disease (RHD) prior to the manifestation of symptoms of heart failure.
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High burden of infectious disease and antibiotic use in early life in Australian Aboriginal communitiesEarly life infections drive high antibiotic prescribing rates in remote Aboriginal communities
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HLA-DR Class II expression on myeloid and lymphoid cells in relation to HLA-DRB1 as a genetic risk factor for visceral leishmaniasisTo understand how HLA-DR contributes to disease pathogenesis, we examined expression at the protein level in circulating myeloid and lymphoid cells of VL patients
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Determinants for progression from asymptomatic infection to symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis: A cohort studyWe confirmed the strong association between high DAT and/or rK39 titers and progression to disease among asymptomatic subjects
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Does Child Care in the First Year of Life Pose a Risk for Concurrent and Future Ear Infections?The longitudinal analyses found no evidence of increased (or decreased) long-term risk of ear infections in subsequent waves associated with attending a child care centre
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of routine screening using massively parallel sequencing for maturity-onset diabetes of the young in a pediatric diabetes cohortRoutine MPS screening for Maturity-onset diabetes of the young in the pediatric population with diabetes could reduce health system costs and improve patient QoL
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Children with East Asian-Born Parents Have an Increased Risk of Allergy but May Not Have More Asthma in Early ChildhoodChildren of East Asian ancestry born in Australia have a higher burden of most allergic diseases in the first 6 years of life, whereas asthma may follow a different pattern
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Antibody persistence and booster response in adolescents and young adults 4 and 7.5 years after immunization with 4CMenB vaccineA more robust immune response after booster compared to a first dose in vaccine-naïve individuals, showed effective priming in an adolescent/young adult population
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Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring in scoliosis surgery in childrenOur study adds to the literature supporting the role of intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring in scoliosis surgery in children
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Examining the entire delayed respiratory syncytial virus season in Western AustraliaAn interseasonal resurgence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was observed in Western Australia at the end of 2020. Our previous report describing this resurgence compared the 2019 and 2020 calendar years, capturing only part of the 2020/21 season.