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The interaction between respiratory viruses and pathogenic bacteriaData on asymptomatic identification rates of respiratory viruses are limited, particularly in Indigenous populations, who suffer a high burden of OM.
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The changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal diseaseWe investigated trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Western Australia (WA).
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TLR2 mediates recognition of live staphylococus epidermidisStaphylococcus epidermidis is a nosocomial pathogen that causes catheter-associated bacteremia in the immunocompromised, including those at the extremes of age
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Antifungal therapy in infants and children with proven, probable or suspected invasive fungal infectionsThis review aims to systematically identify and summarise the effects of different antifungal therapies in children with proven, probable or suspected...
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Diverging trends for lower respiratory infections in non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal childrenTo investigate temporal trends in admission rates for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in a total population birth cohort of non-Aboriginal and...
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Vaccinating young adults against HPV: the importance of understanding health decision-making and behaviourVaccination of young teenage females against human papillomavirus (HPV) with a newly licenced quadrivalent vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer and...
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Expression profiling of Sudanese visceral leishmaniasis patients pre- and post-treatment with sodium stibogluconateThese results contribute to our understanding of immunopathology associated with visceral leishmaniasis and response to sodium stibogluconate treatment
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Using record linkage to validate notification and laboratory data for a more accurate assessment of notifiable infectious diseasesStudies investigating pathogen-specific infectious disease would benefit from using multiple data sources.
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Otitis-prone children produce functional antibodies to pneumolysin and pneumococcal polysaccharidesThe production of functional antipneumococcal antibodies in otitisprone children demonstrates that they respond to the current pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)and are likely to respond to pneumolysin-based vaccines as effectively as healthy children.
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The global epidemiology of impetigo: A systematic review of the population prevalence of impetigo and pyodermaWe conducted a comprehensive, systematic review of the global childhood population prevalence of impetigo and the broader condition pyoderma.