In Australian remote communities, First Nations children with otitis media (OM)-related hearing loss are disproportionately at risk of developmental…
Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis and Streptococcus pyogenes share skin and throat niches with extensive genomic homology and horizon…
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most common form of acquired heart disease worldwide. In RHD, volume loading from mitral regurgitation leads to…
Rheumatic heart disease is the largest contributor to cardiac-related mortality in children worldwide. Outcomes in endemic settings after its anteced…
Indigenous children in colonised nations experience high rates of health disparities linked to historical trauma resulting from displacement and disp…
Since 1955, the recommended strategy for rheumatic heart disease secondary prophylaxis has been benzathine penicillin G injections administered intra…
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (StrepA), is a bacterium that causes a range of human diseases, including pharyngitis, im…
The social determinants of health such as access to income, education, housing and healthcare, strongly shape the occurrence of acute rheumatic fever…
Antibiotic consumption can lead to antimicrobial resistance and microbiome imbalance. We sought to estimate global antibiotic consumption for sore th…