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The Kids Research Institute Australia (Jonathan Carapetis) is a member of the new Global Strep A Vaccine Consortium; a global GAS vaccine consortium that will drive strategic planning to anticipate requirements for licensure, prequalification, and policy recommendations.

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Measuring disease and injury burden in populations requires a composite metric that captures both premature mortality and the prevalence and severity of...

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Senior Research Fellow in the Strep A Translation team

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The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of skin infection associated hospitalizations in children born in Western Australia (WA).

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Skin infections are a significant cause of severe disease, requiring hospitalization in Western Australian children, particularly with Aboriginal children

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Scabies and impetigo are common in Timor-Leste, with very high prevalence of scabies in the rural district of Ermera

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The rates of RHD in Timor-Leste are among the highest in the world, and prevalence is higher among girls than boys. Community engagement is essential for ensuring follow-up and the effective delivery of secondary prophylaxis.

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Skin infection burden in remote Aboriginal communities can be reduced by the See, Treat, Prevent (SToP skin sores and scabies) trial

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Young people with screening-detected RHD have worse health outcomes than screen-negative cases in Fiji.

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Occult maternal heart disease may be responsible for a substantial proportion of adverse pregnancy outcomes in low-resource settings