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Listen Up - Urgent action needed to reduce ear infectionsListen Up - Urgent action needed to reduce ear infections
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Be on alert for meningitisThe Meningitis Centre is urging all people to be on alert for the signs and symptoms of the potential deadly disease.
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New vaccine could protect against more types of cancer-causing HPVTrial of new vaccine that could provide women with additional protection against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types known to cause cervical cancer.
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Potential new vaccine for WA's meningococcal threatPerth researchers are about to trial a new vaccine that could potentially provide protection against the most common form of meningococcal
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Interferon-α2b Treatment for COVID-19We describe here the effects of treatment with interferon-α2b in a cohort of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China
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Ascertaining infectious disease burden through primary care clinic attendance among young Aboriginal children living in four remote communities in Western AustraliaImproved public health measures targeting bacterial skin infections are needed to reduce this high burden of skin infections in Western Australia
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Potential use of Western Australia’s mandatory Midwives Notification System for routinely monitoring antenatal vaccine coverageWe observed low sensitivity and specificity of antenatal vaccination data in the Midwives Notification System
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Lessons learned from a hospital-wide review of blood stream infections for paediatric central line-associated blood stream infection preventionHealth care-associated bacteraemia has a significant impact on child health, exceeding the number of community-acquired bacteraemia at our hospital
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Determining the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage required for indirect protection against vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage in low and middle-income countriesWe will investigate the relationship between PCV coverage and VT carriage among undervaccinated children in Asia and the Pacific
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Implications of asymptomatic carriers for infectious disease transmission and controlFor pathogens such as Staph. A and Streptococcus P., some hosts may carry the pathogen and transmit it to others, yet display no symptoms themselves.