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We analysed the stimulation of J8 antibodies in response to infection, and the role of existing J8 antibodies in protection against subsequent infection

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We have quantified the relative influence of perinatal risk factors associated with skin infection hospitalisations in WA children

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Few children and adolescents receiving BPG as secondary prophylaxis will achieve concentrations >0.02 mg/L for the majority of the time between injections

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Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity globally. This bacterium is responsible for a range of different infections and post-infectious sequelae. Summarising the current knowledge of Strep A transmission to humans will address gaps in the evidence and inform prevention and control strategies. The objective of this study is to evaluate the modes of transmission and attack rates of group A streptococcal infection in human populations.

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Systematic review of the treatment, prevention and public health control of skin infections in resource-limited settings where skin infections are endemic

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We explore young Aboriginal people's and clinicians' experience of injection pain for the 10 years of penicillin injections young people are prescribed.

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Poor sanitation facilities appear to be a major source of Salmonella Typhi in Fiji, with transmission by drinking contaminated surface water and consuming unwashed produce

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To describe antibiotic treatment durations that pediatric infectious diseases (ID) and critical care clinicians usually recommend for bloodstream infections in critically ill children.

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This retrospective study assessed maternal and perinatal outcomes for women with rheumatic heart disease admitted to the largest tertiary obstetric hospital

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Benzathine penicillin G availability should be addressed and African health workers’ knowledge and practices need to be augmented

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This review emphasises the need to gain evidence for the mechanisms linking early racism exposure to adverse health outcomes in later life

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Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration <50 nmol/l) is recognised as a public health problem globally. The present study details the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in a nationally representative sample of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged >/=18 years.

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This study looked at the frequency of racism experiences over time in a population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

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Many of the mental health issues that women develop earlier in life are chronic at the time of conception, during pregnancy and at birth

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In 2009 over 40 leading researchers and academics from across Australia signed the Boatshed Racism Roundtable Declaration that proposed four areas of action...

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Difference in stillbirth and neonatal death rates in Western Australia (1998-2010) by maternal ethnicity