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Stockpiling prepandemic influenza vaccines: a new cornerstone of pandemic preparedness plansLance C Jennings
Microbiology Department, Canterbury Health Laboratories, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Lancet Infect Dis 8:650-8. 2008..WHO and governments should give urgent consideration to the use of these vaccines for the priming of individuals or communities who would be at greatest risk of infection if an H5N1 influenza pandemic were to emerge...
Effect of rapid influenza testing on the clinical management of paediatric influenzaLance C Jennings
Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 3:91-8. 2009..Rapid tests are now widely available to assist the diagnosis of influenza; implementation may optimise the use of antiviral and antibiotic agents in the clinical management of influenza...
Incidence and characteristics of viral community-acquired pneumonia in adultsL C Jennings
Canterbury Health Laboratories, P O Box 151, Christchurch, New Zealand
Thorax 63:42-8. 2008..The aims of this study were to characterise the viral aetiology of CAP in adults by using an extensive array of viral diagnostic tests and to compare the characteristics of viral pneumonia with those of pneumococcal pneumonia...
Human metapneumovirus in children with bronchiolitis or pneumonia in New ZealandA M Werno
Microbiology Unit, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand
J Paediatr Child Health 40:549-51. 2004..To confirm the presence of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in New Zealand and establish its prevalence in selected paediatric patient groups...
Interferon-alpha2a/ribaviran versus interferon-alpha2a alone for the retreatment of hepatitis C patients who relapse after a standard course of interferonB A Chapman
Canterbury Health, Christchurch
N Z Med J 114:103-4. 2001....
Association of respiratory virus activity and environmental factors with the incidence of invasive pneumococcal diseaseDavid R Murdoch
Department of Pathology, University of Otago Christchurch, P O Box 4345, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
J Infect 58:37-46. 2009..To correlate the incidence rate of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) with fluctuations in respiratory virus activity and environmental factors in Christchurch, New Zealand...
Evaluation of a PCR assay for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory and nonrespiratory samples from adults with community-acquired pneumoniaDavid R Murdoch
Microbiology Unit, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand
J Clin Microbiol 41:63-6. 2003..We conclude that the pneumolysin PCR assay adds little to existing diagnostic tests for S. pneumoniae and is unable to distinguish colonization from infection when respiratory samples are tested...
Emerging advances in rapid diagnostics of respiratory infectionsDavid R Murdoch
Department of Pathology, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Infect Dis Clin North Am 24:791-807. 2010..New approaches for respiratory pathogen detection are needed, and breath analysis is an exciting area with enormous potential...
Viral etiology of acute respiratory tract infections in children presenting to hospital: role of polymerase chain reaction and demonstration of multiple infectionsLance C Jennings
Microbiology Unit, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:1003-7. 2004..The inclusion of PCR into diagnostic testing strategies is needed to broaden our understanding of the natural ecology of respiratory viruses and the significance of multiple infections...
Screening for influenza infection in international airline travelersAlasdair R Duncan
Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Am J Public Health 99:S360-2. 2009..We also determined the staffing levels required for a larger study to estimate the prevalence of influenza in international airline travelers...
The clioepidemiology of pandemic influenza and next steps for pandemic influenza research in New ZealandNick Wilson
N Z Med J 121:6-10. 2008
Comparison of the NOW Influenza A & B, NOW Flu A, NOW Flu B, and Directigen Flu A+B assays, and immunofluorescence with viral culture for the detection of influenza A and B virusesMarita Smit
Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 57:67-70. 2007..The use of nasopharyngeal samples for all rapid detection methods should be strongly encouraged...
