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Invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) disease exerts an important burden among Australian children. No Australian hospitalisation cost estimates for treating children with iGAS disease exist, so the financial ...
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Open AccessA case report describing the immune response of an infant with congenital heart disease and severe COVID-19
Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection generally present with milder symptoms or are asymptomatic in comparison with adults, however severe disease occurs in a subset of children. To date, the immune correlates of...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Invasive group A Streptococcus disease in Australian children: 2016 to 2018 – a descriptive cohort study
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) disease is serious and sometimes life-threatening. The Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) Network collects voluntary notifications from seven major Austr...
