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| Scott J KitchenerSummaryAffiliation: University of Queensland Country: Australia Publications
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Adequate primaquine for vivax malariaScott Kitchener
Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, Herston, Australia
J Travel Med 12:133-5. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The available data presented here suggest that vivax malaria in this region is increasingly tolerant of the 22.5 mg daily treatment regimen of primaquine and that the greater dose of at least 30 mg daily is more effective...
Immunogenicity and safety of two live-attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine formulations in healthy Australian adultsScott Kitchener
Centre for Military and Veterans Health, Mayne Medical School, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
Vaccine 24:1238-41. 2006..Managing viral interference and balancing attenuation to produce acceptable tetravalent immunogenicity with minimal reactogenicity may be a recurring problem for future multivalent live vaccines...
Lifetime fluoridation exposure and dental caries experience in a military populationGregory Mahoney
Centre for Military and Veteran s Health, School of Population Health, University of QLD, QLD, Australia
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 36:485-92. 2008..While there is good evidence of caries-preventive benefits of fluoride in drinking water among children and adolescents, there is little information about effectiveness of water fluoridation among adults...
Tafenoquine for the treatment of recurrent Plasmodium vivax malariaScott Kitchener
Centre for Military and Veterans Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:494-6. 2007..vivax relapses. Larger studies are required to optimize the combination, but our findings suggest that an extended use of tafenoquine may be required to prevent relapses of primaquine-tolerant strains of P. vivax malaria...
Mefloquine and doxycycline malaria prophylaxis in Australian soldiers in East TimorScott J Kitchener
Centre for Military and Veterans Health, Mayne Medical School, Herston, QLD
Med J Aust 182:168-71. 2005..To describe the tolerability of mefloquine in Australian soldiers for malaria prophylaxis, including a comparison with doxycycline...
Randomized, double-blind study of the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of tafenoquine versus mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis in nonimmune subjectsPeter E Nasveld
Australian Army Malaria Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:792-8. 2010..Although the volunteers' precise exposure to malaria could not be proven in this study, tafenoquine appears to be a highly efficacious drug for malaria prophylaxis...
Epidemiology of malaria from East Timor among Australian Defence Force personnelScott Kitchener
Officer Commanding Clinical Field Section, Army Malaria Institute, Australian Defence Force, Weary Dunlop Drive, Gallipoli Barracks, 4052, Queensland, Australia
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96:376-7. 2002
Skin cancer medicine in primary care: towards an agenda for quality health outcomesDavid Wilkinson
School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
Med J Aust 184:11-2. 2006..We propose an agenda of training, standards, accreditation, audit and research to ensure that skin cancer clinics provide optimal health outcomes for patients...
Comparative safety and efficacy of subcutaneous and intradermal administration of inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine during predeployment preparations in the Australian Defence ForceScott Kitchener
Centre for Military and Veteran's Health, Mayne Medical School, Herston Road, Herston, Australia
Mil Med 171:1190-5. 2006..An expansion of the concept and a test of logistics were conducted by vaccinating a battalion formation during predeployment medical preparations. The method of vaccination was well accepted and retained comparable immunogenicity...
Malaria during a multinational military deployment: the comparative experience of the Italian, British and Australian Armed Forces in East TimorMario S Peragallo
Centro Studi e Ricerche di Sanita e Veterinaria dell Esercito, Via S Stefano Rotondo, 4, 00184 Rome, Italy
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96:481-2. 2002..Lower adherence, higher incidence of adverse effects and reduced bioavailability of doxycycline may have been possible causes. Mefloquine seems therefore preferable in arduous and prolonged field conditions...
Relapsing vivax malariaScott J Kitchener
Med J Aust 176:502. 2002
