The Diversity and Distribution of Viruses Associated with <i>Culex annulirostris</i> Mosquitoes from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia by Simon H. Williams, Avram Levy, Rachel A. Yates, Nilusha Somaweera, Peter J. Neville, Jay Nicholson, Michael D. A. Lindsay, John S. Mackenzie, Komal Jain, Allison Imrie, David W. Smith, W. Ian Lipkin

“…Mosquitoes were collected from three sites in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Unbiased high-throughput sequencing (HTS) revealed the presence of 16 novel viral sequences that share less than 90% identity with known viruses. …”
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Implementation of the 'Kimberley Mum's Mood Scale' across primary health care services in the Kimberley region of Western Australia: A mixed methods assessment. by Emma Carlin, Katherine Ferrari, Erica P Spry, Melissa Williams, David Atkinson, Julia V Marley

“…This paper describes the implementation of the KMMS across the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia from January 2018 to December 2021. …”
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HipHop2SToP a community-led health promotion initiative empowering Aboriginal youth in the Kimberley region of Western Australia: a process evaluation by Tracy McRae, Tracy McRae, Roz Walker, Roz Walker, Roz Walker, Stephanie Enkel, Stephanie Enkel, Hannah M. M. Thomas, John Jacky, Slade Sibosado, Marianne Mullane, Natasha Maginnis, Juli Coffin, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Asha C. Bowen, Asha C. Bowen, Asha C. Bowen, Asha C. Bowen, Asha C. Bowen

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First Report of the Coral-Killing Sponge <i>Terpios hoshinota</i> Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A New Threat to Kimberley Coral Reefs? by Jane Fromont, Zoe T. Richards, Nerida G. Wilson

“…The species encrusts live coral, giant clams, and other benthos and can be a threat to benthic communities on coral reefs. The Kimberley region of Western Australia has some of the least impacted reefs globally. …”
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Aboriginal student engagement and success in Kimberley tertiary education by John Guenther, Anna Dwyer, Sandra Wooltorton, Judith Wilks

“…Based on a qualitative research design situating Indigenist/interpretive research within a critical realism metatheory, we present findings from the study, based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and unpack implications for higher education provision in remote contexts. …”
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Human occupation of the Kimberley coast of northwest Australia 50,000 years ago by Norman, K, Shipton, C, O'Connor, S, Malanali, W, Collins, P, Wood, R, Saktura, WM, Roberts, RG, Jacobs, Z

“…The peopling of Sahul (the combined landmass of New Guinea and Australia) is a topic of much debate. The Kimberley region of Western Australia holds many of Australia's oldest known archaeological sites. …”

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Kimberley: using hospitalisation data to find cases and describe trends by Jacqueline Murdoch, Stephanie Davis, Janice Forrester, Lynette Masuda, Carole Reeve

“…Abstract Objective: To describe the epidemiology of hospitalisations due to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia (WA) and use these data to improve completeness of the WA RHD Register. …”
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Characterisation of a G2P[4] Rotavirus Outbreak in Western Australia, Predominantly Impacting Aboriginal Children by Celeste M. Donato, Nevada Pingault, Elena Demosthenous, Susie Roczo-Farkas, Julie E. Bines

“…In May, 2017, an outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis was reported that predominantly impacted Aboriginal children ≤4 years of age in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. G2P[4] was identified as the dominant genotype circulating during this period and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the majority of samples exhibited a conserved electropherotype. …”
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Falls risk assessment outcomes and factors associated with falls for older Indigenous Australians by Keith D. Hill, Leon Flicker, Dina LoGiudice, Kate Smith, David Atkinson, Zoë Hyde, Stephen Fenner, Linda Skeaf, Roslyn Malay, Eileen Boyle

“…Method: Cross‐sectional study of 289 Indigenous Australians aged ≥45 years from the Kimberley region of Western Australia who had a detailed assessment including self‐reported falls in the past year (n=289), the adapted Elderly Falls Screening Tool (EFST; n=255), and the Falls Risk for Older People‐Community (FROP‐Com) screening tool (3 items, n=74) and FROP‐Com falls assessment tool (n=74). …”
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The Kimberley Dental Team: a volunteer-based model of care serving remote Aboriginal communities by Jilen Patel, Robyn Long, Angela Durey, Steven Naoum, Estie Kruger, Linda Slack-Smith

“…However, providing adequate access to timely dental care to remote Aboriginal communities remains a challenge. The Kimberley region of Western Australia in particular experiences a significantly higher prevalence of dental disease compared to other regional centres. …”
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Antimicrobial stewardship in remote primary healthcare across northern Australia by Will Cuningham, Lorraine Anderson, Asha C. Bowen, Kirsty Buising, Christine Connors, Kathryn Daveson, Joanna Martin, Stacey McNamara, Bhavini Patel, Rodney James, John Shanks, Kerr Wright, Trent Yarwood, Steven YC Tong, Jodie McVernon

“…Methods We adapted the General Practice version of the National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (GP NAPS) tool to audit antimicrobial use over 2–3 weeks in 15 remote primary healthcare clinics across the Kimberley region of Western Australia (03/2018–06/2018), Top End of the Northern Territory (08/2017–09/2017) and far north Queensland (05/2018–06/2018). …”
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