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Australian Aboriginal children have higher hospitalization rates for otitis media but lower surgical procedures than non-Aboriginal children

Aboriginal children and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds were over-represented with OM-related hospitalizations but had fewer TTIs

Immunogenicity and Immune Memory after a Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Booster in a High-Risk Population Primed with Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

PPV is immunogenic in 9-month-old children at high risk of pneumococcal infections and does not affect the capacity to produce protective immune responses

Topical versus systemic antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media

To assess the relative effectiveness of topical versus systemic antibiotics for people with chronic suppurative otitis media

Aural toilet (ear cleaning) for chronic suppurative otitis media

To assess the effects of aural toilet procedures for people with chronic suppurative otitis media

Determining the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage required for indirect protection against vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage in low and middle-income countries

We will investigate the relationship between PCV coverage and VT carriage among undervaccinated children in Asia and the Pacific

Telehealth for Diagnosis of Hearing Loss

Telehealth offers unique opportunities for providing access to hearing healthcare ser- vices to underserved populations

Clinical Associate Professor Deborah Lehmann

Honorary Emeritus Fellow

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination at birth in a high-risk setting: No evidence for neonatal T-cell tolerance

Concerns about the risk of inducing immune deviation-associated "neonatal tolerance" as described in mice have restricted the widespread adoption...

Crowding and other strong predictors of upper respiratory tract carriage of otitis media-related bacteria

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae is associated with otitis media

A retrospective population-based cohort study identifying target areas for prevention of acute lower respiratory infections in children

Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a major cause of hospitalisation in young children