Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an important cause of heart disease in Indigenous people of northern and central Australia.
We have identified previously uncharacterised subsets of IgG3 + B cells and shown them to correlate with autoimmune attacks on the central nervous sy…
The pathogenesis of asthma continues to be a major topic of interest to our authors with reviews and original papers on the role of viruses, mechanis…
The results suggest that timely injection and patient education are priorities for managing ARF and RHD, particularly focusing on child-to-adult tran…
dedicated to tackling the major causes of childhood disease, disability and disadvantage. Our research teams
dedicated to tackling the major causes of childhood disease, disability and disadvantage. Our research teams
Head, Nutrition in Early Life
Pacific Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) Program
Benzathine penicillin G is an important antibiotic for the treatment and prevention of group A streptococcal infections associated with rheumatic fev…
Despite widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in children, morbidity and mortality caused by pneumococcal disease (PD) remain high…