Search Results - "Steer, A. C."

Echocardiographic screening in a resource poor setting: Borderline rheumatic heart disease could be a normal variant by Colquhoun, S.M, Kado, J.H, Remenyi, B, Wilson, N.J, Carapetis, J.R, Steer, A.C

“…Abstract Objective To estimate the echocardiography confirmed prevalence of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in school children in Fiji. Design Cross-sectional…”
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A biological model of scabies infection dynamics and treatment informs mass drug administration strategies to increase the likelihood of elimination by Lydeamore, M.J., Campbell, P.T., Regan, D.G., Tong, S.Y.C., Andrews, R.M., Steer, A.C., Romani, L., Kaldor, J.M., McVernon, J., McCaw, J.M.

“…•A compartmental model for infection and treatment dynamics with Scabies Sarcoptei is proposed.•Optimisation of timing of mass drug administration (MDAs) is…”
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Force chain and contact cycle evolution in a dense granular material under shallow penetration by Tordesillas, A., Steer, C. A. H., Walker, D. M.

“…The mechanical response of a dense granular material submitted to indentation by a rigid flat punch is examined. The resultant deformation is viewed as a…”
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Scabies in the developing world–-its prevalence, complications, and management by Hay, R.J., Steer, A.C., Engelman, D., Walton, S.

“…Scabies remains one of the commonest of skin diseases seen in developing countries. Although its distribution is subject to a cycle of infection, with peaks…”
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Systematic review of rheumatic heart disease prevalence in children in developing countries: The role of environmental factors by Steer, AC, Carapetis, JR, Nolan, TM, Shann, F

“…Objectives:  To consider the worldwide prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in children in developing countries using surveys with uniform methodologies, and…”
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The 2020 International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Scabies by Engelman, D., Yoshizumi, J., Hay, R.J., Osti, M., Micali, G., Norton, S., Walton, S., Boralevi, F., Bernigaud, C., Bowen, A.C., Chang, A.Y., Chosidow, O., Estrada‐Chavez, G., Feldmeier, H., Ishii, N., Lacarrubba, F., Mahé, A., Maurer, T., Mahdi, M.M.A., Murdoch, M.E., Pariser, D., Nair, P.A., Rehmus, W., Romani, L., Tilakaratne, D., Tuicakau, M., Walker, S.L., Wanat, K.A., Whitfeld, M.J., Yotsu, R.R., Steer, A.C., Fuller, L.C.

“…Summary Background Scabies is a common parasitic skin condition that causes considerable morbidity globally. Clinical and epidemiological research for scabies…”
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Validation of an automated colony counting system for group A Streptococcus by Frost, H R, Tsoi, S K, Baker, C A, Laho, D, Sanderson-Smith, M L, Steer, A C, Smeesters, P R

“…The practice of counting bacterial colony forming units on agar plates has long been used as a method to estimate the concentration of live bacteria in…”
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High burden of invasive β-haemolytic streptococcal infections in Fiji by STEER, A. C., JENNEY, A. J. W., OPPEDISANO, F., BATZLOFF, M. R., HARTAS, J., PASSMORE, J., RUSSELL, F. M., KADO, J. H. H., CARAPETIS, J. R.

“…We undertook a 5-year retrospective study of group A streptococcal (GAS) bacteraemia in Fiji, supplemented by a 9-month detailed retrospective study of…”
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Systematic review of the diagnosis of scabies in therapeutic trials by Thompson, M. J., Engelman, D., Gholam, K., Fuller, L. C., Steer, A. C.

“…Summary Human scabies (infestation with the mite Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis) causes a significant disease burden worldwide, yet there are no agreed…”
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Updated model of group A Streptococcus M proteins based on a comprehensive worldwide study by McMillan, D.J., Drèze, P. -A., Vu, T., Bessen, D.E., Guglielmini, J., Steer, A.C., Carapetis, J.R., Van Melderen, L., Sriprakash, K.S., Smeesters, P.R.

“…Group A Streptococcus (GAS) M protein is an important virulence factor and potential vaccine antigen, and constitutes the basis for strain typing (emm-typing)…”
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ASO titer or not? When to use streptococcal serology: a guide for clinicians by Parks, T., Smeesters, P. R., Curtis, N., Steer, A. C.

“…Clinicians frequently request serologic tests to provide evidence of prior infection by Streptococcus pyogenes , especially when suspecting a diagnosis of…”
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Muon tomography for railway tunnel imaging by Thompson, L. F., Stowell, J. P., Fargher, S. J., Steer, C. A., Loughney, K. L., O'Sullivan, E. M., Gluyas, J. G., Blaney, S. W., Pidcock, R. J.

“…Cosmic ray muon radiography utilizes highly penetrating cosmic ray muons to image the density profile of an object of interest. Here we report on a trial to…”
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IL-33 increases ST2+ Tregs and promotes metastatic tumour growth in the lungs in an amphiregulin-dependent manner by Halvorsen, E.C., Franks, S.E., Wadsworth, B.J., Harbourne, B.T., Cederberg, R.A., Steer, C.A., Martinez-Gonzalez, I., Calder, J., Lockwood, W.W., Bennewith, K.L.

“…Regulatory T cells (Tregs) facilitate primary and metastatic tumour growth through the suppression of anti-tumour immunity. Emerging evidence suggests a…”
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Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome in high-risk newborns in resource-limited settings: a systematic review of the literature by Milner, K. M., Neal, E. F. G., Roberts, G., Steer, A. C., Duke, T.

“…Improving outcomes beyond survival for high-risk newborns in resource-limited settings is an emerging challenge. Global estimates demonstrate the scale of this…”
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Group A streptococcal strains isolated in Lao People's Democratic Republic from 2004 to 2013 by RATTANAVONG, S., DANCE, D. A. B., DAVONG, V., BAKER, C., FROST, H., PHETSOUVANH, R., VONGSOUVATH, M., NEWTON, P. N., STEER, A. C., SMEESTERS, P. R.

“…Epidemiological data regarding group A streptococcal (GAS) infections in South East Asia are scarce with no information from Laos. We characterized emm types,…”
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Rheumatic heart disease in school children in Samoa by STEER, ANDREW C, ADAMS, JOHN, CARLIN, JOHN, NOLAN, TERRY, SHANN, FRANK

“…[...]RHD and acute rheumatic fever appear to be particularly common in the Pacific region…”
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Spin freezing and magnetic inhomogeneities in bilayer manganites by Coldea, A I, Blundell, S J, Steer, C A, Mitchell, J F, Pratt, F L

“…We have performed a muon spin rotation study on polycrystalline samples of electron-doped layered manganites, La2-2xSr1+2xMn2O7 (0.4< or =x<1), in order to…”
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Muon spin rotation study of magnetism in electron-doped chromium sulfide by BROOKS, M. L, BLUNDELL, S. J, STEER, C. A, LANCASTER, T, PRATT, F. L, VAQUEIRO, P, POWELL, A. V

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Changes of the spin dynamics in perovskite and bilayer manganite by Coldea, A.I., Blundell, S.J., Steer, C.A., Pratt, F.L., Prabhakaran, D., Mitchell, J.F.

“…We report a series of μSR measurements performed on single crystals of La 1−x Sr x MnO 3 (0⩽x⩽0.125) and on a polycrystalline bilayer manganite La 2−2x Sr 1+2x…”
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A μSR study of the spin-crossover by Blundell, S.J., Pratt, F.L., Steer, C.A., Marshall, I.M., Létard, J-F.

“…The spin-crossover phenomenon is a cooperative low-spin to high-spin transition which can be initiated using temperature or light-irradiation. We have used…”
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