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Expert researchers converge on Broome to tackle health challenges in Northern Australia

Over 100 researchers and health professionals from around Australia have united in Broome this week to address the major health battles facing people living in the tropical north of the country.

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A diagnostic test for acute rheumatic fever (pilot study)

Jonathan Tim Carapetis AM Barnett AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS PhD Executive Director; Co-Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH Head,

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Burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and impact of prevention strategies: comprehensive evidence to drive the RHD Endgame

Jonathan Judy Rosemary Carapetis AM Katzenellenbogen Wyber AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (Occ Ther) BSc Hons (Epidemiol) MSc PhD MBChB MPH

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Controlled Human Infection for Penicillin Against Streptococcus pyogenes – a double blinded randomised trail (The CHIPS trial)

Jonathan Carapetis AM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Executive Director; Co-Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH 08 6319 1000 contact@

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Improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention of recurrent tonsillitis

Anthony Janessa Ruth Tim Kicic Pickering Thornton Barnett BSc (Hons) PhD BSc PhD PhD PhD Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research

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Reach: to stop rheumatic heart disease

Rosemary Sophie Jonathan Wyber La Vincente Carapetis AM MBChB MPH FRACGP PhD BPsych (Hons) MAppEpi PhD AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Senior Research

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The END RHD CRE: Developing an end game for rheumatic heart disease in Australia

Jonathan Glenn Katharine Rosemary Tom Carapetis AM Pearson Noonan Wyber Snelling AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BA (Education) PhD Candidate MBBS (

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Short-course oral co-trimoxazole versus intramuscular benzathine benzylpenicillin for impetigo in a highly endemic region

The major burden of disease is in developing and tropical settings where topical antibiotics are impractical and lead to rapid emergence of antimicrobial...

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Effectiveness of clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulin, and risk of disease in contacts, in invasive group a streptococcal infections

This paper reports on treatment, and preventing infection in close contact, of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) using the antibiotic clindamycin and...

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Utility of auscultatory screening for detecting rheumatic heart disease in high-risk children in Australia's Northern Territory

Sensitivity and positive predictive value of cardiac auscultation compared with echocardiography is poor, regardless of the expertise of the auscultator.