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Morbidity due to acute lower respiratory infection in children with birth defects: A total population-based linked data studyChildren with birth defects experience higher rates of hospitalisation for ALRIs before age 2 years than children with no birth defects.
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Reduction in disparity for pneumonia hospitalisations between Australian indigenous and non-Indigenous childrenIn the 1990s pneumonia hospitalisation rates in Western Australia (WA) were 13 times higher in Indigenous children than in non-Indigenous children...
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Prevalence of and risk factors for human rhinovirus infection in healthy aboriginal and non-aboriginal western australian childrenHuman rhinovirus (HRV) species C (HRV-C) have been associated with frequent and severe acute lower respiratory infections and asthma in hospitalized children.
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Ontogeny of toll-like and NOD-like receptor-mediated innate immune responses in Papua New Guinean infantsStudies addressing the ontogeny of the innate immune system in early life have reported mainly on Toll-like receptor (TLR) responses in infants living in...
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Associations between anxious-depressed symptoms and cardiovascular risk factors in a longitudinal childhood studyThe objective of the study was to examine the influence of anxious/depressed scores on cardiovascular risk factors throughout childhood.
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Health professionals' perceptions about the adoption of existing guidelines for the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in AustraliaDespite the availability of five guidelines for the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), there is no national endorsement for their use in...
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Safety, immunogenicity, and tolerability of meningococcal serogroup B bivalent recombinant lipoprotein 2086 vaccine in healthyNeisseria meningitidis serogroup B is a major cause of invasive meningococcal disease, but a broadly protective vaccine is not currently licensed. A bivalent...
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A molecular dynamics study of C1r and C1s dimers: Implications for the structure of the C1 complexComplement is an important part of the immune system. It is initiated through three different pathways known as the classical, lectin, and alternative pathway.
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Multiple sclerosis: A disease of affluence?Multiple sclerosis is rare in tropical areas, but quite common in developed countries.
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RE: Emergency department overcrowding and mortality after the introduction of the 4-hour rule in western Australiaarticle, Australia, crowding, emergency health service, emergency ward, health care access...