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Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk, Dr Andrew Currie and their Neonatal Infection and Immunity Team have become the newest members of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases.

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic cardiac condition with an infectious aetiology, causing high disease burden in low-income settings.

We estimated the global disease prevalence of and mortality due to rheumatic heart disease over a 25-year period

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

Adequate resources are needed for maintenance of data quality in acute rheumatic fever/ rheumatic heart disease registers to ensure provision of evidence-based care and accurate assessment of program impact.

A directed approach to the differential diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever now includes the concept of low-risk versus medium-to-high risk populations

Vaccines against Streptococcus pyogenes are considered as impeded vaccines because of a number of crucial barriers to development

This trial aims to improve uptake of secondary prophylaxis among Aboriginal people with ARF/RHD to reduce progression or worsening of RHD.

After brief training, health workers with no prior experience in echocardiography can obtain adequate quality images and make a reliable assessment

This study adds to emerging data suggesting increasing importance of iGAS in low- and middle-income settings globally.