Reports and Findings
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Influenza epidemiology in patients admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2018: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN)This report summarises the epidemiology of hospitalisations with laboratory-confirmed influenza during the 2018 influenza season
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The end rheumatic heart disease in Australia study of epidemiology (ERASE) project: Data sources, case ascertainment and cohort profileThe ERASE Project has created an unprecedented linked administrative database on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia
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The ORVAC trial: A clinical trial of a third scheduled dose of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine in Australian Indigenous infants to improve protection against gastroenteritisWe hypothesised that scheduling an additional (third) dose of oral human rotavirus vaccine for children aged 6 to <12 months would improve protection
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Choosing primary endpoints for clinical trials of health care interventionsThis narrative review describes the evolution, range and relative strengths and weaknesses of endpoints used in late phase trials
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Corynebacterium and Dolosigranulum: Future probiotic candidates for upper respiratory tract infectionsWe recently identified C. pseudodiphtheriticum and D. pigrum as the major nasopharyngeal species associated with resistance to recurrent ear infections
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Nasal Cytokine Profiles of Patients Hospitalised with Respiratory Wheeze Associated with Rhinovirus CMedically attended RV-C-induced wheeze is characterised by a Th2 inflammatory pattern, independent of viral load
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Disability "In-Justice": Benefits and Challenges of "Yarning" With Young People Undergoing Diagnostic Assessment for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Youth DetentionWe report the findings from a qualitative study that took place alongside a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevalence study among detainees in Australia
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Eighth annual conference of in VIVO planetary health: From challenges to opportunitiesHere, we present the abstracts and proceedings of our 8th annual conference, held in Detroit, Michigan in May 2019, themed "From Challenges, to Opportunities"
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Availability and administration of benzathine penicillin G for the prevention of rheumatic fever in Africa: Report of the Working Group on PenicillinBenzathine penicillin G availability should be addressed and African health workers’ knowledge and practices need to be augmented
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Sun-immune connectionExposure to ultraviolet radiation damages skin cell DNA but skin cancers develop because ultraviolet radiation also affects the immune system