• BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial (BRACE trial) 

      Pittet, Laure F; Messina, Nicole L; Gardiner, Kaya; Orsini, Francesca; Abruzzo, Veronica; Bannister, Samantha; Bonten, Marc; Campbell, John L; Croda, Julio; Dalcolmo, Margareth; Elia, Sonja; Germano, Susie; Goodall, Casey; Gwee, Amanda; Jamieson, Tenaya; Jardim, Bruno; Kollmann, Tobias R; Guimarães Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius; Lee, Katherine J; Legge, Donna; Lucas, Michaela; Lynn, David J; McDonald, Ellie; Manning, Laurens; Munns, Craig F; Perrett, Kirsten P; Prat Aymerich, Cristina; Richmond, Peter; Shann, Frank; Sudbury, Eva; Villanueva, Paola; Wood, Nicholas J; Lieschke, Katherine; Subbarao, Kanta; Davidson, Andrew; Curtis, Nigel;
      Published 2021
      INTRODUCTION: BCG vaccination modulates immune responses to unrelated pathogens. This off-target effect could reduce the impact of emerging pathogens. As a readily available, inexpensive intervention that has a well-established ...
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    • Feasibility and acceptability of targeted salivary cytomegalovirus screening through universal newborn hearing screening 

      Webb, Emma; Gillespie, Alanna N; Poulakis, Zeffie; Gartland, Tim; Buttery, Jim; Casalaz, Dan; Daley, Andrew J; Donath, Susan; Gwee, Amanda; Jacobs, Susan E; Phuong, Linny K; Pszczola, Rosalynn; Purcell, Rachael; Saunders, Kerryn; Kadambari, Seilesh; Jones, Cheryl A.; Sung, Valerie; Team, the HearS_cCMV Study
      Published 2021
      Aim This study aimed to determine the feasibility and parental acceptability of screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) through saliva polymerase chain reaction in infants who did not pass their newborn hearing ...
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