Reports and Findings

In the 21st century, rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are neglected diseases of marginalized communities.

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) M protein is an important virulence factor and potential vaccine antigen, and constitutes the basis for strain typing (emm-typing).

In centrally obese adolescents with NAFLD, a healthy dietary pattern may be protective, whereas a Western dietary pattern may increase the risk.

This study has shown a gender difference in the relationship between passive smoking exposure since birth and HDL-C in late adolescence.

Many studies of compulsory community treatment have assessed their effect early on after the implementation of legislation.

Although neurocognitive, psychological and behavioural problems were noted for some patients during medical review, only 20% of patients were formally assessed.

Given the severe risks to the fetus from heavy prenatal alcohol exposure, assessment and recording of alcohol use should be routinely undertaken in maternity...

This study advances our understanding of drug resistance in T-ALL and provides new markers for patient stratification.

Using data from three large-scale genetic association studies we compared recruitment strategy and sample return rates.

In this sub-study, we aimed to investigate factors that may have influenced study participation and completeness of survey completion.