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Aural toilet (ear cleaning) for chronic suppurative otitis mediaTo assess the effects of aural toilet procedures for people with chronic suppurative otitis media
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Immunogenicity and Immune Memory after a Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Booster in a High-Risk Population Primed with Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccinePPV is immunogenic in 9-month-old children at high risk of pneumococcal infections and does not affect the capacity to produce protective immune responses
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An economic case for a vaccine to prevent group A streptococcus skin infectionsA vaccine that prevents GAS cellulitis and other skin infections, in addition to throat infections, would maximise its value and commercial viability
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Preschool Multiple-Breath Washout Testing. An Official American Thoracic Society Technical StatementConsensus recommendations are outlined to direct preschool device design, test performance, and data analysis for the MBW technique
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Dysbiotic drift and biopsychosocial medicine: how the microbiome links personal, public and planetary healthHere we focus on the rapidly progressing microbiome science as a way to illustrate the pathways by which exposure to biodiversity supports health

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Top honour for infectious diseases researchCongratulations to Associate Professor Asha Bowen, who has been awarded the 2022 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases.
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Unexpected Management Behaviors in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Using Sensor-Augmented Pump TherapyConstant exposure to real-time data can lead to unsafe management responses in adolescents with the behavior influenced by trust or mistrust in the system
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Identification of generic and pathogen-specific cord blood monocyte transcriptomes reveals a largely conserved response in preterm and term newborn infantsThese data provide novel insights into the functionality of neonatal monocytes at birth
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The Western Environment Reduces Innate Immune Cytokine Production in Chinese ImmigrantsWe recruited age- and sex-matched Chinese immigrants living in Western Australia for less than 6 months (newly arrived, n = 22) or more than 5 years.
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The Importance of the Hawthorne Effect on Psychological Outcomes Unveiled in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Diabetes TechnologyThe objective of this communication is to highlight the Hawthorne effect on psychobehavioral measures and the importance of a control group in clinical research, particularly for diabetes technologies

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The Kids Research Institute Australia Director elected to prestigious Australian Academy of ScienceProf Jonathan Carapetis has been elected as a new Fellow of the prestigious Australian Academy of Science in recognition of his pioneering, paradigm-shifting expertise in infectious diseases.
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Maternal antibiotic exposure during pregnancy and hospitalization with infection in offspring: a population-based cohort studyAntibiotic exposure before or during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of childhood hospitalized infections
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Patterns of sedentary time and ambulatory physical activity in a Danish population of girls and women with Rett syndromeHigh levels of sedentary time and low daily step counts in a Danish population of females with Rett syndrome
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Respiratory morbidity in Rett syndrome: An observational studyRett syndrome is associated with increased vulnerability to lower respiratory tract infection requiring hospitalization
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Topical versus systemic antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis mediaTo assess the relative effectiveness of topical versus systemic antibiotics for people with chronic suppurative otitis media
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Evaluation of safety and immunogenicity of a group a streptococcus vaccine candidate (mj8vax) in a randomized clinical trialIntramuscular administration of novel acetylated peptide-protein conjugate vaccine candidate MJ8VAX was demonstrated to be safe and immunogenic
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Development of an opsonophagocytic killing assay for group a streptococcusThis Group A Streptococcus OPKA assay has the potential to provide a robust and reproducible platform to accelerate GAS vaccine development.
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Addressing challenges in gaining informed consent for a research study investigating falls in people with intellectual disabilityThis study describes how an informed consent process was developed for people with intellectual disability and how it is working in a current study
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What is known about consumer nutrition environments in Australia? A scoping review of the literatureThis study aimed to summarize the attributes that have been examined in existing peer-reviewed studies of Australian consumer nutrition environments
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The association between Staphylococcus aureus and subsequent bronchiectasis in children with cystic fibrosisDe novo S. aureus acquisition at age 3 is associated with later bronchiectasis and FEF25-75 in children with CF