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The cost of community-managed viral respiratory illnesses in a cohort of healthy preschool-aged childrenStephen B Lambert
Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group, Murdoch Children s Research Institute, Royal Children s Hospital, and School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Respir Res 9:11. 2008..Despite their ubiquity, there is a lack of interdisciplinary epidemiologic and economic research that has collected primary impact data, particularly associated with indirect costs, from families during ARIs in children...
Comparing nose-throat swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from children with symptoms for respiratory virus identification using real-time polymerase chain reactionStephen B Lambert
MBBS, Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Royal Children s Hospital, Herston Queensland 4029, Australia
Pediatrics 122:e615-20. 2008..The objective of this study was to calculate sensitivity values for the detection of major respiratory viruses of childhood by using combined nose-throat swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates...
Early evidence for direct and indirect effects of the infant rotavirus vaccine program in QueenslandStephen B Lambert
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Royal Children s Hospital, and Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 191:157-60. 2009..To assess the impact of introducing a publicly funded infant rotavirus vaccination program on disease notifications and on laboratory testing and results...- Parent-collected respiratory specimens--a novel method for respiratory virus and vaccine efficacy researchStephen B Lambert
Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group, Murdoch Children s Research Institute, Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Vaccine 26:1826-31. 2008..Combined with daily symptom diary completion and PCR testing, parent-collected specimens are an efficient and acceptable method for the conduct of future vaccine efficacy studies and other community-based respiratory virus research... - Influenza surveillance in Australia: we need to do more than countStephen B Lambert
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Royal Children s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
Med J Aust 193:43-5. 2010.... - Community epidemiology of human metapneumovirus, human coronavirus NL63, and other respiratory viruses in healthy preschool-aged children using parent-collected specimensStephen B Lambert
School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Pediatrics 120:e929-37. 2007..We also aimed to assess the use of parent collection to obtain an adequate respiratory specimen from acutely unwell children in the community... - The influence of target population on nonculture-based detection of markers of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistanceNamraj Goire
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
Sex Health 9:422-9. 2012..With treatment options for gonorrhoea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) diminishing, strengthening antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance is paramount... - A simple approach for preparing real-time PCR positive reaction controls for rare or emerging virusesDavid M Whiley
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Children s Health Service District, Queensland, Australia
J Clin Virol 48:193-7. 2010..This is particularly problematic during outbreaks caused by emerging infectious diseases, when delays can impede the public health response... - Enhanced gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance in the era of ceftriaxone resistance: a real-time PCR assay for direct detection of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae H041 strainNamraj Goire
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Children s Health Service District, Queensland, Australia
J Antimicrob Chemother 67:902-5. 2012..In this study we developed a real-time PCR assay for direct detection of the H041 strain... - Evaluation of the cobas 4800 CT/NG test for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeaeRebecca Rockett
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Children s Health Service District, Queensland, Australia
Sex Transm Infect 86:470-3. 2010..To investigate the performance of the fully automated cobas 4800 CT/NG test for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae... - Usefulness of published PCR primers in detecting human rhinovirus infectionCassandra E Faux
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 17:296-8. 2011..None of the pairs could detect all HRVs in 2 panels of genotyped clinical specimens; >1 PCR is required for accurate description of HRV epidemiology... - Enhancing gonococcal antimicrobial resistance surveillance: a real-time PCR assay for detection of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae by use of noncultured clinical samplesNamraj Goire
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children s Hospital and Health Service District, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia
J Clin Microbiol 49:513-8. 2011..gonorrhoeae penicillin resistance and is of particular relevance to regions where penicillin is still used to treat gonorrhea... - Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in respiratory specimens from children and adultsSeweryn Bialasiewicz
Research Section, Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 15:492-4. 2009..Partial T antigen and major capsid protein sequences of MCPyV identified in respiratory secretions showed high homology (99%-100%) to those found in Merkel cell carcinoma... - Successful application of a simple specimen transport method for the conduct of respiratory virus surveillance in remote Indigenous communities in AustraliaKerry Ann F O'Grady
Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia
Trop Med Int Health 16:766-72. 2011..This study assessed the sensitivity of a simple method for transporting respiratory samples from a remote setting for viral PCR compared with frozen specimens... - Reduction in rotavirus-associated acute gastroenteritis following introduction of rotavirus vaccine into Australia's National Childhood vaccine scheduleJim P Buttery
Department of General Medicine and Murdoch Children s Research Institute, Royal Children s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Monash Children s Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:S25-9. 2011..This allowed comparison of both vaccines in similar populations with high infant vaccination coverage... - Detection of BK, JC, WU, or KI polyomaviruses in faecal, urine, blood, cerebrospinal fluid and respiratory samplesSeweryn Bialasiewicz
Queensland Pediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, QLD, Australia
J Clin Virol 45:249-54. 2009..The related human polyomaviruses JCV and BKV in contrast, have been detected in a wide range of sample types, leading to increased knowledge about their biology and pathogenesis... - Detection of novel influenza A(H1N1) virus by real-time RT-PCRDavid M Whiley
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Children s Health Service District, Queensland, Australia
J Clin Virol 45:203-4. 2009..Overall, the results showed that the RT-PCR methods were suitable for sensitive and specific detection of novel influenza A(H1N1) RNA in human samples... - Reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is associated with mutations G542S, P551S and P551L in the gonococcal penicillin-binding protein 2David M Whiley
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Children s Health Service District, Queensland, Australia
J Antimicrob Chemother 65:1615-8. 2010..In this study, we examined an association between reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone and additional mutations in gonococcal PBP2... - Community-wide, contemporaneous circulation of a broad spectrum of human rhinoviruses in healthy Australian preschool-aged children during a 12-month periodIan M Mackay
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Children s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
J Infect Dis 207:1433-41. 2013..HRVs were less likely than DNA viruses to be codetected with another virus, suggesting virus interference at the community level, demonstrated by the inverse correlation between influenza virus detection and HRV detection... - Newly identified respiratory viruses in children with asthma exacerbation not requiring admission to hospitalKatherine E Arden
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Royal Children s Hospital and Clinical Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J Med Virol 82:1458-61. 2010..Larger, PCR-based studies are required to elucidate further the true impact of HRV species in childhood asthma exacerbations of both hospitalized and non-hospitalized cohorts... - Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing using non-cultured clinical specimensDavid M Whiley
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children s Hospital and Health Service District, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia
Sex Transm Infect 86:51-5. 2010..This study sought to examine the performance of the NG-MAST system on a range of non-cultured samples... - A newly reported human polyomavirus, KI virus, is present in the respiratory tract of Australian childrenSeweryn Bialasiewicz
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children s Hospital and Health Service District, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J Clin Virol 40:15-8. 2007..Recently, Allander and co-workers reported the discovery of a new human polyomavirus, KI virus, in respiratory secretions from patients with acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI)... - Rotavirus epidemiology in Queensland during the pre-vaccine eraSuzy J Campbell
School of Population Health, University of Queensland
Commun Dis Intell 33:204-8. 2009..In the pre-vaccine era, rotavirus had the greatest impact in the young and Indigenous. Using routinely collected data, it should be possible to monitor the impact of vaccine introduction in Queensland... - Rotavirus vaccines: opportunities and challengesKeith Grimwood
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children s Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Hum Vaccin 5:57-69. 2009..Nevertheless, if these challenges are met, rotavirus vaccines should help reduce the 5% of all childhood deaths attributable to rotavirus gastroenteritis... - Distinguishing molecular features and clinical characteristics of a putative new rhinovirus species, human rhinovirus C (HRV C)Peter McErlean
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 3:e1847. 2008.... - Pentavalent rotavirus vaccine and prevention of gastroenteritis hospitalizations in AustraliaEmma J Field
Communicable Diseases Branch, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Pediatrics 126:e506-12. 2010..We sought to assess vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 3 doses of RV5 at preventing rotavirus and nonrotavirus acute gastroenteritis (AGE) hospitalizations in the first birth cohort and impact on hospitalizations in all age groups... - Pertussis in infants: how to protect the vulnerable?Lai Man R Chuk
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Center, Royal Children s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 32:449-56. 2008..Even infants up to date for pertussis vaccine can have severe disease requiring hospitalisation. Immunising parents planning to have, or who have had, a newborn baby may help to prevent pertussis in infants... - A Novel Duplex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription PCR Assay for the Detection of Influenza A and the Novel Influenza A(H1N1) StrainRebecca J Rockett
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, Children s Health Service District, Queensland, Australia E Mails S B D M W C E F S B L M D N T P S
Viruses 1:1204-8. 2009..Overall, the results showed that the dFLU-TM RT-PCR method is suitable for detection of influenza A, including the novel H1N1 pandemic strain, in clinical samples... - Household transmission of respiratory viruses - assessment of viral, individual and household characteristics in a population study of healthy Australian adultsJames M McCaw
Murdoch Children s Research Institute and Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
BMC Infect Dis 12:345. 2012..Household transmission of influenza-like illness (ILI) may vary with viral and demographic characteristics. We examined the effect of these factors in a population-based sample of adults with ILI... - Rotavirus infections and vaccines: burden of illness and potential impact of vaccinationKeith Grimwood
Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children s Medical Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Royal Children s Hospital, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4029, Australia
Paediatr Drugs 12:235-56. 2010..Nonetheless, cost effectiveness in each country still depends largely on the local rotavirus mortality rate and the price of the vaccine in relation to the per capita gross domestic product... - Mumps and rubella surveillance in Victoria, 1993 to 2000Rebecca J Guy
Communicable Diseases Section, Public Health Division, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 27:94-9. 2003..For both mumps and rubella, the majority of notifications for all age groups were clinically diagnosed, and were most common in children... - A randomized trial to assess safety and immunogenicity of alternative formulations of a quadrivalent meningococcal (A, C, Y, and W-135) tetanus protein conjugate vaccine in toddlersJodie McVernon
Murdoch Children s Research Institute and Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:e15-23. 2012..Recent shifts in serogroup dominance in some settings highlight the desirability of polysaccharide-conjugate vaccines with broader meningococcal coverage than serogroup C vaccines in widespread use... - Booster vaccination of toddlers with reduced antigen content diphtheria -- tetanus -- acellular pertussis vaccineTerry Nolan
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Vaccine 27:2410-3. 2009.... - Identification of a novel polyomavirus from patients with acute respiratory tract infectionsAnne M Gaynor
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
PLoS Pathog 3:e64. 2007..The presence of multiple instances of the virus in two continents suggests that this virus is geographically widespread in the human population and raises the possibility that the WU virus may be a human pathogen... - Sustained measles elimination in Australia and priorities for long term maintenanceHeather F Gidding
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology CIDM Public Health, ICPMR Building, 3rd Floor, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, and the University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Vaccine 25:3574-80. 2007..This experience is likely to apply to developed countries that have achieved or are approaching measles elimination... - Measles surveillance in Victoria, AustraliaYung Hsuan J Wang
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Bull World Health Organ 84:105-11. 2006..We attempted to identify features of notified cases that would better target surveillance resources... - 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