The major funder of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases based at the Telethon Kids Institute has been recognised as Australia’s most generous giver. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2019
• July

As many as a quarter of Australian babies aren’t getting vaccinated on time, leaving them at risk of developing life-threatening illnesses such as whooping cough when they are most vulnerable. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2018
• June

A new study has confirmed the changing pattern of meningococcal disease in Western Australia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2017
• November

Viral respiratory infections are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• May 2012

Successful defence against viral pathogens requires the rapid recognition of virus-specific "danger signals" and the activation of both innate and adaptive... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• September 2011

The respiratory tract is an attractive target for the delivery of vaccine antigens. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• May 2011

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is an important cause of early- and late-onset sepsis in the newborn. Preterm infants have markedly increased susceptibility... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• April 2011

We investigated trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Western Australia (WA). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• June 2010

Vaccination of young teenage females against human papillomavirus (HPV) with a newly licenced quadrivalent vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer and... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2007
• June 2007

Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance continues globally as part of the World Health Organization's goal to eradicate poliomyelitis. The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance network, and National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory collaborate in AFP surveillance in Australia, capturing and reviewing cases of AFP for all aetiologies in order to exclude poliovirus. We aimed to describe the AFP epidemiology in childhood over an 11 year period. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• January 2023