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Goroka Otitis Media Study: Prevalence and associated risk factors of otitis media in children attending urban clinics in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New GuineaOtitis media (OM, middle ear infections) and the consequent hearing loss are major concerns for Aboriginal people and OM can seriously impact on children’s learning potential which in turn will impact on life as an adult.
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Attenuation of maternal inflammatory responses during pregnancy to promote normal immune and behavioral outcomes in the offspringThis study will identify how the immune system contributes to neurodevelopmental outcomes and will investigate the use of an agent from traditional medicines.
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Long-term derangement of antigen presenting cell populations in the respiratory tract following Influenza A infectionThis project investigates how different populations of cells within the respiratory tract immune system are altered during a viral infection.
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Molecular Detection of Scabies by PCR Using a Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) ApproachIn recent years, the interest in molecular diagnostic methods for the detection of many pathogens has grown substantially.
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Moorditj Marp (Strong Skin) Evaluation and development of culturally relevant healthy skin storybooksCo-designed and in collaboration with community members, the impacts of this project will directly benefit families by building awareness, empowering decision-making, and improving confidence around the recognition and management of skin conditions for Aboriginal children.
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Multi-site validation of a suite of clinical outcome measures for clinical trial readiness in the CDKL5 Deficiency DisorderHelen Jenny Peter Leonard Downs Jacoby MBChB MPH BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD BA (Hons) MSc Principal Research Fellow Head, Child Disability
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Pharmacokinetics of intramuscular versus subcutaneous administration of Benzathine Penicillin GBenzathine penicillin G (BPG) has been in use since the 1950s for treatment of skin infections, bacterial pharyngitis, syphilis and prevention of recurrent episodes of acute rheumatic fever (ARF)
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PIFA - Pertussis and Food allergy, a case-cohort study of the association between pertussis vaccination in infancy and the risk of IgE-mediated food allergyPat Peter Tom Holt Richmond Snelling PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Emeritus Honorary Researcher
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Screen ORIGINSDesiree Silva MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD Co-Director, ORIGINS desiree.silva@thekids.org.au Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Professor Desiree Silva is