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Focused cardiac ultrasound screening for rheumatic heart disease by briefly trained health workers: A study of diagnostic accuracyEchocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) can identify individuals with subclinical disease who could benefit from antibiotic prophylaxis.
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Seven key actions to eradicate rheumatic heart disease in Africa: The Addis Ababa communiquDevelop a 'roadmap' of key actions that need to be taken by governments to eliminate ARF and eradicate RHD in Africa
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Immunogenetics of Parasitic and Bacterial DiseaseHere we focus on more recent well-powered genome-wide association studies, including malaria, leprosy, tuberculosis, and visceral leishmaniasis
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Key paediatric messages from AmsterdamKey messages from the abstracts presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress
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Timing of routine infant vaccinations and risk of food allergy and eczema at one year of ageThere was no overall association between delayed DTaP and food allergy; however, children with delayed DTaP had less eczema and less use of eczema medication
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Visual-motor integration, visual perception, and fine motor coordination in a population of children with high levels of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderAboriginal children living in remote Western Australia have poor visual-motor integration skills regardless of prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD
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Parenting practices at 24 to 47 months and IQ at age 8: Effect-measure modification by infant temperamentWe examined whether the associations between parental warmth, control and intelligence quotient (IQ) may be heightened among children in difficult temperament
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Risk of Developmental Disorders in Children of Immigrant Mothers: A Population-Based Data Linkage EvaluationIncreased risk of autism spectrum disorder with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy with intellectual disability for mothers of some foreign-born groups
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Bacillus licheniformis in geogenic dust induces inflammation in respiratory epitheliumWe have previously demonstrated that mice exposed to geogenic dust PM10 experienced an exacerbation of inflammatory responses to influenza A virus.
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Transcriptional landscape of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in macrophagesA comprehensive in depth gene expression/regulation profile in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected macrophages