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    Author Correction: Durability of neutralizing RSV antibodies following nirsevimab administration and elicitation of the natural immune response to RSV infection in infants

    Deidre Wilkins, Yuan Yuan, Yue Chang, Anastasia A. Aksyuk in Nature Medicine (2024)

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    Author Correction: Molecular and phenotypic characteristics of RSV infections in infants during two nirsevimab randomized clinical trials

    Bahar Ahani, Kevin M. Tuffy, Anastasia A. Aksyuk, Deidre Wilkins in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Molecular and phenotypic characteristics of RSV infections in infants during two nirsevimab randomized clinical trials

    Nirsevimab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion protein. During the Phase 2b (NCT02878330) and MELODY (NCT03979313) clinical trials, infants received one dose of ...

    Bahar Ahani, Kevin M. Tuffy, Anastasia A. Aksyuk, Deidre Wilkins in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Durability of neutralizing RSV antibodies following nirsevimab administration and elicitation of the natural immune response to RSV infection in infants

    Nirsevimab is an extended half-life monoclonal antibody specific for the prefusion conformation of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F protein, which has been studied in preterm and full-term infants in th...

    Deidre Wilkins, Yuan Yuan, Yue Chang, Anastasia A. Aksyuk in Nature Medicine (2023)

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    INFLATE: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing nasal balloon autoinflation to no nasal balloon autoinflation for otitis media with effusion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

    Otitis media with effusion (OME) is common and occurs at disproportionately higher rates among Indigenous children. Left untreated, OME can negatively affect language, development, learning, and health and wel...

    Robyn Walsh, Jennifer Reath, Hasantha Gunasekera, Amanda Leach, Kelvin Kong in Trials (2022)

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    The link between hearing impairment and child maltreatment among Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory of Australia: is there an opportunity for a public health approach in child protection?

    International studies provide evidence of an association between child disabilities, including hearing impairment (HI), and child maltreatment. There are high prevalences of ear disease with associated HI, and...

    Vincent Yaofeng He, Steven Guthridge, Jiunn-Yih Su, Damien Howard in BMC Public Health (2020)

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    Hearing and justice: The link between hearing impairment in early childhood and youth offending in Aboriginal children living in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia

    High prevalence of chronic middle ear disease has persisted in Australian Aboriginal children, and the related hearing impairment (HI) has been implicated in a range of social outcomes. This study investigated...

    Vincent Yaofeng He, Jiunn-Yih Su, Steven Guthridge, Catia Malvaso in Health & Justice (2019)

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    Randomized, controlled trial of the long term safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine in infants living in a malaria-endemic region

    The RTS,S/AS malaria candidate vaccine is being developed with the intent to be delivered, if approved, through the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of the World Health Organization. Safety, immunogeni...

    Salim Abdulla, Nahya Salim, Francisca Machera, Richard Kamata, Omar Juma in Malaria Journal (2013)

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    Statistical methodology for the evaluation of vaccine efficacy in a phase III multi-centre trial of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children

    There has been much debate about the appropriate statistical methodology for the evaluation of malaria field studies and the challenges in interpreting data arising from these trials.

    Marc Lievens, John J Aponte, John Williamson, Bruno Mmbando, Ali Mohamed in Malaria Journal (2011)

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    Design of a phase III multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in children across diverse transmission settings in Africa

    GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals and the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative are working in partnership to develop a malaria vaccine to protect infants and children living in malaria endemic regions of sub-Saharan Afri...

    Amanda Leach, Johan Vekemans, Marc Lievens, Opokua Ofori-Anyinam in Malaria Journal (2011)

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    Assessment of severe malaria in a multicenter, phase III, RTS, S/AS01 malaria candidate vaccine trial: case definition, standardization of data collection and patient care

    An effective malaria vaccine, deployed in conjunction with other malaria interventions, is likely to substantially reduce the malaria burden. Efficacy against severe malaria will be a key driver for decisions ...

    Johan Vekemans, Kevin Marsh, Brian Greenwood, Amanda Leach in Malaria Journal (2011)

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    Development of the RTS,S/AS Vaccine Candidate from Concept to Phase III

    This review describes the developmental history of the RTS,S/AS vaccine. Selection of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) as the target antigen was key to the successful development of the vaccine so far, from ...

    Joe Cohen, Sarah Benns, Johan Vekemans, Amanda Leach in Progress in Parasitology (2011)

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    Evaluation of two formulations of adjuvanted RTS, S malaria vaccine in children aged 3 to 5 years living in a malaria-endemic region of Mozambique: a Phase I/IIb randomized double-blind bridging trial

    Previous trials of the RTS, S malaria candidate vaccine have shown that this vaccine is safe, tolerated and immunogenic. The development plan for this vaccine aims at administering it in the first year of life...

    Eusebio V Macete, Jahit Sacarlal, John J Aponte, Amanda Leach, Margarita M Navia in Trials (2007)