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Lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic: Why Australian schools should be prioritised to stay openIn 2020, school and early childhood educational centre (ECEC) closures affected over 1.5 billion school-aged children globally as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Attendance at school and access to ECEC is critical to a child's learning, well-being and health. School closures increase inequities by disproportionately affecting vulnerable children. Here, we summarise the role of children and adolescents in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission and that of schools and ECECs in community transmission and describe the Australian experience.
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Mapping the endemicity and seasonality of clinical malaria for intervention targeting in Haiti using routine case dataTowards the goal of malaria elimination on Hispaniola, the National Malaria Control Program of Haiti and its international partner organisations are conducting a campaign of interventions targeted to high-risk communities prioritised through evidence-based planning. Here we present a key piece of this planning: an up-to-date, fine-scale endemicity map and seasonality profile for Haiti informed by monthly case counts.
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Temporal changes in BEXSERO® antigen sequence type associated with genetic lineages of Neisseria meningitidis over a 15-year period in Western AustraliaThe BEXSERO® vaccine which is used to prevent serogroup B disease is composed of four sub-capsular protein antigens supplemented with an outer membrane vesicle.
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Changes in the clinical and epidemiological features of group A streptococcal bacteraemia in Australia's Northern TerritoryThis study adds to emerging data suggesting increasing importance of iGAS in low- and middle-income settings globally.
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The mechanism or mechanisms driving atopic asthma initiation: The infant respiratory microbiome moves to center stageAlthough debate surrounding the mechanism or mechanisms governing this causal pathway remains intense, demonstration of the capacity of pretreatment...
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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.