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Meningococcal B vaccine and meningococcal carriage in adolescents in Australia

Among Australian adolescents, the 4CMenB vaccine had no discernible effect on the carriage of disease-causing meningococci, including group B

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“Our culture, how it is to be us” — Listening to Aboriginal women about on Country urban birthing

The Birthing on Noongar Boodjar project Aboriginal women's data represents four generations of women's stories, experiences and expressions of childbearing

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Family history of cancer and the risk of childhood brain tumors: a pooled analysis of the ESCALE and ESTELLE studies (SFCE)

Our findings support the hypothesis of a familial susceptibility of childhood brain tumors, not due to being a known neurofibromatosis carrier

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Use of remote monitoring with continuous glucose monitoring in young children with Type 1 diabetes: the parents’ perspective

Parents of primary school children reported that using remote monitoring and continuous glucose monitoring was a mostly beneficial experience

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Propofol use in children with allergies to egg, peanut, soybean or other legumes

We conclude that genuine serious allergic reaction to propofol is rare and is not reliably predicted by a history of food allergy

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Nasal Cytokine Profiles of Patients Hospitalised with Respiratory Wheeze Associated with Rhinovirus C

Medically attended RV-C-induced wheeze is characterised by a Th2 inflammatory pattern, independent of viral load

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If you think you can do it, that's confidence: If you do it that's competence-Where are we in pediatric anesthesia?

Should we be practicing new procedures on children under our care in the absence of formal supervision, teaching, and assessment that prove we are competent to do so

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Congenital Anomalies in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review

This systematic review aimed to address gaps in our understanding of the association between congenital anomalies and cerebral palsy

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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD): The importance of life-course and transgenerational approaches

With well-established evidence that early life conditions have a profound influence on lifespan and health-span, new interventional birth cohorts are examining ways to optimise health potential of individuals and communities. These are aimed at going beyond preventing disease, to the conditions that facilitate flourishing from an early age.

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Zika Virus Changes Methylation of Genes Involved in Immune Response and Neural Development in Brazilian Babies Born With Congenital Microcephaly

The recent increase in babies born with brain and eye malformations in Brazil is associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in utero. ZIKV alters host DNA methylation in vitro. Using genome-wide DNA methylation profiling we compared 18 babies born with congenital ZIKV microcephaly with 20 controls. We found ZIKV-associated alteration of host methylation patterns, notably at RABGAP1L which is important in brain development, at viral host immunity genes MX1 and ISG15, and in an epigenetic module containing the causal microcephaly gene MCPH1. Our data support the hypothesis that clinical signs of congenital ZIKV are associated with changes in DNA methylation.