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Modelling the effect of seasonal influenza vaccination on the risk of pandemic influenza infectionGeoffry N Mercer
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:S11. 2011..The model assumes that seasonal vaccine has no effect on the risk of infection with pandemic influenza...- Simulation suggests that rapid activation of social distancing can arrest epidemic development due to a novel strain of influenzaJoel K Kelso
School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
BMC Public Health 9:117. 2009..We conducted simulations of a small community to determine the magnitude and timing of activation that would be necessary for social distancing interventions to arrest a future pandemic... - Detecting the start of an influenza outbreak using exponentially weighted moving average chartsStefan H Steiner
Dept of Statistics, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 10:37. 2010..The severity and length of influenza outbreaks vary from year to year. Quick and reliable detection of the start of an outbreak is needed to promote public health measures... - Estimation of type- and subtype-specific influenza vaccine effectiveness in Victoria, Australia using a test negative case control method, 2007-2008James E Fielding
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory 10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne, Victoria 3051, Australia
BMC Infect Dis 11:170. 2011..We used a test negative case control design to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) against influenza by type and subtype over two consecutive seasons in Victoria, Australia... - An evaluation of the sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance for poliovirus infection in AustraliaRochelle E Watkins
Australian Biosecurity CRC for Emerging Infectious Disease, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
BMC Infect Dis 9:162. 2009..We applied recently developed methods for the quantitative evaluation of disease surveillance systems to evaluate the sensitivity of AFP surveillance for poliovirus infection in Australia... 
Epidemiological characteristics of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and seasonal influenza infectionHeath A Kelly
Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 191:146-9. 2009..If the evolving pandemic allows, we should take advantage of the increased testing being conducted for pandemic influenza to learn more about the real impact of laboratory-confirmed seasonal influenza...- Interruption of rubella virus transmission in Australia may require vaccination of adult males: evidence from a Victorian sero-surveyHeath Kelly
Epidemiology and Surveillance, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Locked Bag, Carlton South
Commun Dis Intell 28:69-73. 2004..A campaign, targeting both men and women in a similar age group has recently been successful in Costa Rica... - The number needed to vaccinate (NNV) and population extensions of the NNV: comparison of influenza and pneumococcal vaccine programmes for people aged 65 years and overHeath Kelly
Epidemiology Division, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Locked Bag 815, Carlton South 3053, Melbourne, Australia
Vaccine 22:2192-8. 2004.... 
H1N1 swine origin influenza infection in the United States and Europe in 2009 may be similar to H1N1 seasonal influenza infection in two Australian states in 2007 and 2008Heath Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 3:183-8. 2009..We aimed to compare available data on swine origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection overseas with seasonal influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in Australia to assist with forward planning...- The causes and diagnosis of influenza-like illnessHeath Kelly
Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 33:305-9. 2004..These viruses cause symptoms often referred to as influenza-like illness (ILI), but are not generally distinguishable on clinical grounds alone... - Estimation of influenza vaccine effectiveness from routine surveillance dataHeath Kelly
Epidemiology Unit and Virus Identification Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
PLoS ONE 4:e5079. 2009..It is possible to use a case control method to estimate vaccine effectiveness from surveillance data when all patients in a surveillance system are tested for influenza and their vaccination status is known... - The age-specific cumulative incidence of infection with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 was similar in various countries prior to vaccinationHeath Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
PLoS ONE 6:e21828. 2011..We reviewed all published serological studies that estimated the cumulative incidence of infection with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 prior to the initiation of population-based vaccination against the pandemic strain... - Estimating sensitivity and specificity from positive predictive value, negative predictive value and prevalence: application to surveillance systems for hospital-acquired infectionsH Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Carlton South, Melbourne, Australia
J Hosp Infect 69:164-8. 2008..The general proof of this principle is provided as an Appendix. The sensitivity and specificity of surveillance systems can be calculated by two equivalent methods when only PPV, NPV and prevalence are known... - Evidence for a causal association between oral polio vaccine and transverse myelitis: A case history and review of the LiteratureHeath Kelly
Victorian Infectitious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 42:155-9. 2006..The clinical history and laboratory results in this case satisfy these criteria, providing plausible evidence for the causal link between OPV and transverse myelitis... 
Residual susceptibility to measles among young adults in Victoria, Australia following a national targeted measles-mumps-rubella vaccination campaignHeath A Kelly
Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory VIDRL and World Health Organization WHO Western Pacific Region Measles Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Public Health 7:99. 2007..By estimating age-specific immunity, we aimed to evaluate the success of this campaign in the state of Victoria...- Polioviruses and other enteroviruses isolated from faecal samples of patients with acute flaccid paralysis in Australia, 1996-2004Heath Kelly
Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 42:370-6. 2006..This study aims to review the significance of all enteroviruses, including polioviruses, isolated from patients with AFP in Australia between 1996 and 2004... - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza community transmission was established in one Australian state when the virus was first identified in North AmericaHeath A Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
PLoS ONE 5:e11341. 2010..In contrast, this was not true for the pandemic in other parts of Australia, including Western Australia (WA)... - Pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 infection in Victoria, Australia: no evidence for harm or benefit following receipt of seasonal influenza vaccine in 2009Heath A Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Vaccine 29:6419-26. 2011.... - A pandemic response to a disease of predominantly seasonal intensityHeath A Kelly
Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 192:81-3. 2010..It is critical to accumulate quality evidence about laboratory-confirmed influenza to guide our intervention policies for both seasonal and pandemic influenza... - A no-fault compensation scheme for serious adverse events attributed to vaccinationHeath A Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 195:4-5. 2011..No-fault compensation, based on the ethical principle of redistributive justice, should form a cornerstone of Australia's immunisation strategy... - A random cluster survey and a convenience sample give comparable estimates of immunity to vaccine preventable diseases in children of school age in Victoria, AustraliaHeath Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Locked Bag 815, 10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne 3051, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia
Vaccine 20:3130-6. 2002.... - Measles immunity among young adults in VictoriaH A Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 25:129-32. 2001..A review of published Australian data supports this conclusion and confirms the need for a measles control program aimed at young adults... - We should not be complacent about our population-based public health response to the first influenza pandemic of the 21st centuryHeath A Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:78. 2011..More than a year after an influenza pandemic was declared in June 2009, the World Health Organization declared the pandemic to be over. Evaluations of the pandemic response are beginning to appear in the public domain... - Laboratory-supported influenza surveillance in Victorian sentinel general practicesH Kelly
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Locked Bag 815, Carlton South, Vic, Australia 3053
Commun Dis Intell 24:379-83. 2000..The clinical suspicion of influenza was confirmed in 49 to 54 per cent of cases seen in general practice... - Hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: an Australian case-cohort studyS A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Epidemiol Infect 137:194-202. 2009..Investigation is ad hoc and management empirical. Influenza vaccination is associated with reduced mortality. Patient characteristics can predict risk of CAP and subsequent mortality... - Investigation of optimal specimen type and sampling time for detection of measles virus RNA during a measles epidemicM A Riddell
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Clin Microbiol 39:375-6. 2001..Of lymphocytes, urine, throat swab, and serum specimens, throat swab specimens were optimal for detection of measles virus RNA during the first 2 weeks after the rash... - Mumps and rubella: a year of enhanced surveillance and laboratory testingR J Guy
Communicable Diseases Section, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Epidemiol Infect 132:391-8. 2004..These results highlight the value of laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis when mumps and rubella are rare, failure to do so is likely to overestimate disease incidence... - Measles outbreak in young adults in Victoria, 1999S B Lambert
Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Vic
Med J Aust 173:467-71. 2000..To describe an outbreak of measles in Victoria... - Higher than normal seasonal influenza activity in Victoria, 2003Joy Turner
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 28:175-80. 2004..Although the proportion of patients with ILI detected through MMLS surveillance was greater than the proportion from sentinel general practices, the ILI pattern was comparable between the two surveillance systems... - Using the two-source capture-recapture method to estimate the incidence of acute flaccid paralysis in Victoria, AustraliaKathryn Whitfield
Department of Human Services, Victorian Public Health Training Scheme, Melbourne, Australia
Bull World Health Organ 80:846-51. 2002..A literature review indicated that the capture-recapture estimates obtained in this study were plausible. The present results help to define a target notification rate for surveillance in settings where poliomyelitis is not endemic... - Laboratory diagnosis and surveillance of human respiratory viruses by PCR in Victoria, Australia, 2002-2003Julian Druce
Virology Department, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, 10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne 3051, Victoria, Australia
J Med Virol 75:122-9. 2005..Infection with more than one respiratory virus occurred in a small number of patients; picornaviruses were most commonly implicated in these dual infections... - Detection of rubella immunoglobulin M from dried venous blood spots using a commercial enzyme immunoassayTheo Karapanagiotidis
Serology Laboratory and World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Reference Laboratory for Measles, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Carlton South 3053, Melbourne, Australia
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 53:107-11. 2005..7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 83.3-100%) and the specificity was 100% (95% CI, 93.7-100%)... - ICD-10 codes are a valid tool for identification of pneumonia in hospitalized patients aged > or = 65 yearsS A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Epidemiol Infect 136:232-40. 2008.... - Varicella infection--evidence for peak activity in summer monthsE R Miller
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Locked Bag 815, Carlton South 3053, Australia
J Infect 56:360-5. 2008..This finding may have implications for prevention in temperate regions elsewhere in the world wherever estimations of local seasonal trends have been based on international experiences... - A serosurvey evaluation of the school-based measles 'catch-up' immunisation campaign in Victorian school-aged childrenM A Riddell
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 25:529-33. 2001.... - Report on a workshop on the laboratory diagnosis of measlesJennie Leydon
Serology Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne
Pac Health Dialog 12:159-63. 2005..It also provided an introduction to proficiency testing... - Importation of wild poliovirus into Australia, July 2007Bruce Thorley
Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, VIC 3053
Commun Dis Intell 31:299. 2007 - Markers of hepatitis B virus infection and immunity in Victoria, Australia, 1995 to 2005Benjamin Cowie
The University of Melbourne, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 34:72-8. 2010..This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of serological markers of infection with, and immunity to, HBV in the Victorian population and to analyse trends in these estimates over time... - Using samples to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of a surveillance processEmma S McBryde
Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:559-63. 2008..It provides a formula for deriving confidence intervals for these estimates and a guide to minimum requirements for sampling results... - Oral poliovirus vaccine type 3 from a patient with transverse myelitis is neurovirulent in a transgenic mouse modelBruce Thorley
Polio Reference Laboratory and Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Australia
J Clin Virol 44:268-71. 2009..It is therefore possible that OPV could cause transverse myelitis. We previously reported a case of transverse myelitis that developed in a 6-month-old boy, 7 days after receiving his second dose of OPV... - Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, 2002Bruce R Thorley
Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, Carlton South, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 27:352-6. 2003..Until global eradication of poliomyelitis is achieved, it is essential that a high level of poliovirus vaccination coverage, and surveillance for cases of acute flaccid paralysis, be maintained in Australia... - A meta-analysis of effectiveness of influenza vaccine in persons aged 65 years and over living in the communityTrang Vu
Victorian Public Health Training Program, Charles Connibere Building, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3050, Australia
Vaccine 20:1831-6. 2002..To estimate the effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine in persons aged 65 years and over living in the community... - Hepatitis E infections, Victoria, AustraliaBenjamin C Cowie
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 11:482-4. 2005..The increase is compared with a background of exposure in countries in which hepatitis E is endemic... - Fragmentation of influenza surveillance in AustraliaCaroline Watts
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Carlton South
Commun Dis Intell 26:8-13. 2002..Prompt attention to these issues is important to ensure an adequate public health response to future influenza virus epidemics or a pandemic... - Working towards a simple case definition for influenza surveillanceKarin Thursky
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia
J Clin Virol 27:170-9. 2003..Accurate identification of influenza activity still requires laboratory confirmation in at least a proportion of cases... - Incidence and characteristics of endemic Norwalk-like virus-associated gastroenteritisJohn A Marshall
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Med Virol 69:568-78. 2003..NLV G1 seasonality was significantly different from that of NLV G2. Seven major NLV clusters were identified by phylogenetic analysis... - Validation of coronary artery bypass graft surgical site infection surveillance data from a statewide surveillance system in AustraliaN Deborah Friedman
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System Coordinating Centre, North Melbourne, Australia
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:812-7. 2007.... - Persistent risk of tuberculosis in migrants a decade after arrival in AustraliaMichelle E McPherson
Communicable Disease Control, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Vic
Med J Aust 188:528-31. 2008..To examine the risk of tuberculosis (TB) in migrants a decade after their arrival in Australia... - Parasite-specific IgG response and peripheral blood eosinophil count following albendazole treatment for presumed chronic strongyloidiasisHarin Karunajeewa
Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Travel Med 13:84-91. 2006.... - Geographic representativeness for sentinel influenza surveillance: implications for routine surveillance and pandemic preparednessHazel Clothier
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, 10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne, Victoria 3051
Aust N Z J Public Health 30:337-41. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: There should be an updated, evidence-based strategy for interpandemic influenza based on the number of general practice consultations. Requirements for surveillance during various pandemic phases also need to be reviewed... - What factors facilitate a GP survey high response rate?James Fielding
Communicable Diseases Section, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 34:895-6. 2005 - Epidemiology and impact of childhood molluscum contagiosum: a case series and critical review of the literatureAnna Braue
Department of Dermatology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Pediatr Dermatol 22:287-94. 2005..Age, living in close proximity, skin-to-skin contact, sharing of fomites, and residence in tropical climates were also associated with higher rates of infection while sex, seasonality, and hygiene showed no such association... - Establishing thresholds for influenza surveillance in VictoriaCaroline G Watts
Epidemiology Division, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Locked Bag 815, Carlton South, Victoria 3053
Aust N Z J Public Health 27:409-12. 2003..5-3.5; and epidemic activity above 3.5. CONCLUSIONS: ILI rates from sentinel general practices correspond with hospital admissions coded as influenza and allow the use of threshold levels to describe seasonal influenza activity... - Dried venous blood samples for the detection and quantification of measles IgG using a commercial enzyme immunoassayMichaela A Riddell
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory VIDRL WHO Western Pacific Measles Regional Reference Laboratory, 10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne, 3051 Victoria, Australia
Bull World Health Organ 81:701-7. 2003..To determine whether samples of dried venous blood (DVB) were an acceptable alternative to serum for detecting measles-specific IgG in a commercial enzyme immunoassay... - Influenza outbreaks in aged-care facilities: staff vaccination and the emerging use of antiviral therapyRebecca J Guy
Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Vic
Med J Aust 180:640-2. 2004 - Vigilance is required for Australia to remain polio freeBruce R Thorley
Med J Aust 184:474-5. 2006 - Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory and summary of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance, 2001Bruce R Thorley
Head Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Carlton South
Commun Dis Intell 26:419-27. 2002.... - Measles transmission in healthcare settings in AustraliaHeath A Kelly
Med J Aust 176:50-1. 2002 - Knowledge about hepatitis and previous exposure to hepatitis viruses in immigrants and refugees from the Mekong RegionSonia R Caruana
Department of Medicine RMH WH, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 29:64-8. 2005..This study assesses knowledge about HBV and HCV and estimates the seroprevalence of markers for these viruses in immigrants from Laos and Cambodia... - Detection of measles virus-specific immunoglobulin M in dried venous blood samples by using a commercial enzyme immunoassayMichaela A Riddell
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory WHO Western Pacific Measles Regional Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Australia
J Clin Microbiol 40:5-9. 2002..7% agreement between the results for the two sample types. These results demonstrate the potential for the use of DVB samples for the diagnosis of measles in routine diagnostic laboratories... - Higher than expected seasonal influenza activity in Victoria, 2007Emma R Miller
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 32:63-70. 2008..While neither virus strain was specifically included in the 2007 Australian influenza vaccine, reasonable cross protection was afforded by the strains in the vaccine... - Validity of self-reported influenza and pneumococcal vaccination status among a cohort of hospitalized elderly inpatientsSusan A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
Vaccine 25:4775-83. 2007..Self-report remains imperfect and whole-of-life immunisation registers a preferable goal... - Influenza surveillance in Victoria, 2006James E Fielding
Communicable Disease Control Unit, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 31:100-6. 2007..The influenza vaccine for 2006 contained A/New Caledonia/20/ 99(H1N1)-like virus, A/California/7/2004(H3N2)-like virus and B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like virus... - Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine may not prevent hospitalization for pneumonia in elderly individualsSusan A Skull
Clin Infect Dis 44:617; author reply 617-8. 2007 - Missed opportunities to vaccinate a cohort of hospitalised elderly with pneumococcal and influenza vaccinesSusan A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
Vaccine 25:5146-54. 2007..Previous hospitalisation was a risk factor for being unvaccinated. Barriers to implementation of current vaccination policy in the hospital setting require formal evaluation in Australia... - Influenza surveillance in Victoria, 2005Joy L Turner
Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 30:137-43. 2006..Although the predominant H3 and B circulating strains were not included in the vaccine, there was reasonable serological cross protection between vaccine and circulating strains... - Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, VictoriaRoss M Andrews
Centre for International Child Health and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 29:283-8. 2005..However, these data highlight the need for greater awareness of pneumococcal vaccine among practitioners and for systematic recording of vaccination status, as many of these subjects will soon become eligible for revaccination... - Influenza surveillance within hospitals: what is the world doing?Kylie S Carville
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Carlton South, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 31:413-8. 2007..The approach to influenza surveillance within hospitals will depend on objectives and available resources, although an automated approach is likely to have greater longevity as labour requirements are reduced... - An evaluation of the Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) surveillance for influenza-like illnessHazel J Clothier
Laboratory Epidemiologist, Epidemiology Unit, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 29:231-47. 2005..These evaluation findings will be used to inform redevelopment of ASPREN as part of the Biosecurity Surveillance System project... - A comparison of data sources for the surveillance of seasonal and pandemic influenza in VictoriaHazel J Clothier
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Parkville, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell 30:345-9. 2006..Other surveillance systems would be needed for early pandemic case or cluster detection, while pandemic monitoring would be better achieved by a more automated system... - Sustained increase in infectious syphilis notifications in VictoriaRebecca J Guy
Med J Aust 183:218. 2005 - Prevention of community-acquired pneumonia among a cohort of hospitalized elderly: benefit due to influenza and pneumococcal vaccination not demonstratedSusan A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
Vaccine 25:4631-40. 2007..02, 95%CI 0.84-1.20) or for both vaccines compared with influenza vaccine (RR 0.98, 95%CI 0.81-1.18). The current program of funding these vaccines for the elderly is not having a discernable impact on HCAP in this setting... - Serum alanine aminotransferase levels and the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in chronic HCV infectionsHeath A Kelly
Med J Aust 176:139. 2002 - Ethics committees and guardianship legislationJames E Fielding
Med J Aust 179:390; discussion 390. 2003 - Immunisation at the crossroads: 9th National Immunisation/1st Asia-Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases ConferencePeter B McIntyre
National Centre for Immunisation Research, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 182:15-6. 2005 - Undiagnosed and potentially lethal parasite infections among immigrants and refugees in AustraliaSonia R Caruana
Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
J Travel Med 13:233-9. 2006..Immigrants and refugees from high-risk countries would benefit from comprehensive health checks soon after resettlement...