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Birth outcomes in Aboriginal mother–infant pairs from the Northern Territory, Australia, who received 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccination during pregnancyWe found a numerically higher rate of preterm births among women who received 23vPPV in pregnancy compared to unvaccinated pregnant women
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Cochrane corner: Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitusThis Cochrane review shows that both hearing aids and sound generators may be beneficial for reducing tinnitus severity in some patients
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Are there differences in immune responses following delivery of vaccines through acutely or chronically sun-exposed compared with sun-unexposed skin?The review provides the basis for further research into the effects of acute and chronic UV radiation exposure on skin cells in the context of vaccination
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Longitudinal trajectories of BMI z-score: an international comparison of 11,513 Australian, American and German/Austrian/Luxembourgian youth with type 1 diabetesThis multinational study presents unique body mass index z score trajectories in youth with type 1 diabetes across three continents
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Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against hospital admissions for pneumonia in Australian childrenReductions in pneumonia-coded hospital admissions in unvaccinated children predominated in non-Aboriginal children with low incidence of pneumonia
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Active surveillance of 2017 seasonal influenza vaccine safety: An observational cohort study of individuals aged 6 months and older in AustraliaAusVaxSafety surveillance demonstrated comparable and expected safety outcomes for the 2017 quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine brands used in Australia
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Environmental and social determinants of acute rheumatic fever: a longitudinal cohort studyPrevention strategies in ARF endemic settings may be enhanced by targeting new members entering a community and children in environments of close contact
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Prevalence of Racial Discrimination in a Cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ChildrenThis study looked at the frequency of racism experiences over time in a population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
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Dysregulated IL-1β-GM-CSF Axis in Acute Rheumatic Fever That Is Limited by HydroxychloroquineWe propose that hydroxychloroquine could be repurposed to reduce the risk of rheumatic heart disease after acute rheumatic fever
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Impact of biobanks on research outcomes in rare diseases: a systematic reviewThis review made the important observation that registries with biobanks had the function of both stand-alone registries and stand-alone rare disease biobanks