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, 2010, 'Examining the knowledge of and attitudes to pandemic influenza among general practice staff', Medical Journal of Australia, 192, pp. 378 - 380, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/192_07_050410/sea10925_fm.pdf
, 2010, 'Hand hygiene and face mask use within 36 hours of index patient symptom onset reduces flu transmission to household contacts', Evidence-Based Medicine, 15, pp. 48 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebm1043
, 2010, 'Incompletely matched influenza vaccine still provides protection in frail elderly', Vaccine, 28, pp. 864 - 867, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.024
, 2010, 'Influenza vaccination amongst hospital health care workers in Beijing', Occupational Medicine - Oxford, 60, pp. 335 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqq037
, 2010, 'Lack of pneumococcal carriage in the hospitalised elderly', Vaccine, 28, pp. 3902 - 3904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.03.073
, 2010, 'Modelling the impact of one-dose vs. two-dose vaccination regimens on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus in Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 138, pp. 457 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268809990860
, 2010, 'Self-reported symptoms of infection among travellers departing from Sydney and Bangkok airports', Journal of Travel Medicine, 17, pp. 243 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00422.x
, 2010, 'Severe, critical and fatal cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza in China', Journal of Infection, 61, pp. 277 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2010.07.010
, 2010, 'Shigella spp. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance, Papua New Guinea, 2000¨C2009', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 1797 - 1799, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1611.101025
, 2010, 'Surveillance for outbreaks of influenza-like illness in the institutionalized elderly', Epidemiology and Infection, 138, pp. 1126 - 1134
, 2010, 'The burden of infectious gastroenteritis in elderly residents and staff of long]term care facilities, Australia', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31, pp. 860 - 863, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/654000
, 2010, 'University life and pandemic influenza: Attitudes and intended behaviour of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009', BMC Public Health, 10, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-130
, 2010, 'Why do I need it? I am not at risk! Public perceptions towards the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine', BMC Infectious Diseases, 10, pp. 1 - 9, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/99
, 2009, 'Corrigendum to "Immunological responses to pneumococcal vaccine in frail older people" [Vaccine 27 (2009) 1628-1636] (DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.098)', Vaccine, 27, pp. 6649, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.06.001
, 2009, 'Funding of drugs: do vaccines warrant a different approach? - Authors' reply', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 9, pp. 270 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70107-0
, 2009, 'A qualitative study to assess the perceived benefits and barriers to the pneumococcal vaccine in hospitalised older people', Vaccine, 27, pp. 3775 - 3779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.075
, 2009, 'A review of medical masks and respirators for use during an influenza pandemic', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 3, pp. 205 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2009.00101.x
, 2009, 'Differences in the attitude and knowledge of hospital health care workers regarding older patient vaccinations', Human Vaccines, 5, pp. 761 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/hv.5.11.9869
, 2009, 'Do they accept compulsory vaccination? Awareness, attitudes and behaviour of hospital health care workers following a new vaccination directive', Vaccine, 27, pp. 3022 - 3025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.038
, 2009, 'Elimination of endemic measles transmission in Australia', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 87, pp. 64 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.07.046375
, 2009, 'Face mask use and control of respiratory virus transmission in households', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 233 - 241, http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/2/233.htm
, 2009, 'Failure to Detect Oseltamivir Resistance by Rolling Circle Amplification and Sequencing Following Use in an Influenza A (H3N2) Outbreak at an Aged Care Facility', Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals, 1, pp. 56 - 061, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/jaa.1000008
, 2009, 'Feasibility exercise to evaluate the use of particulate respirators by emergency department staff during the 2007 influenza season', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 30, pp. 710 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/599254
, 2009, 'Herpes zoster burden of illness and health care resource utilisation in the Australian population aged 50 years and older', Vaccine, 27, pp. 520 - 529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.012
, 2009, 'Immunological responses to pneumococcal vaccine in frail older people', Vaccine, 27, pp. 1628 - 1636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.098
, 2009, 'Infection outcomes in splenectomized patients with hemoglobinopathies in Australia', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 13, pp. 696 - 700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2008.10.011
, 2009, 'Optimal dosing and dynamic distribution of vaccines in an influenza pandemic', American Journal of Epidemiology, 169, pp. 1517 - 1524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwp072
, 2009, 'Potential impacts of schedule changes, waning immunity and vaccine uptake on measles elimination in Australia', Vaccine, 27, pp. 313 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.095
, 2009, 'The burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children presenting to a paediatric hospital', Epidemiology and Infection, 137, pp. 943 - 949, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268808001520
, 2009, 'The Community's attitude towards swine flu and pandemic influenza', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 267 - 269
, 2009, 'The epidemiology of health conditions of newly arrived refugee children: A review of patients attending a specialist health clinic in Sydney', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 45, pp. 509 - 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01550.x
, 2009, 'The impact of intensive health promotion to a targeted refugee population on utilisation of a new refugee paediatric clinic at the children`s hospital at Westmead', Ethnicity and Health, 14, pp. 393 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557850802653780
, 2009, 'The use of oseltamivir during an influenza B outbreak in a chronic care hospital', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 3, pp. 15 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2008.00063.x
, 2009, 'Trends in hospitalizations for diagnosed congenital cytomegalovirus in infants and children in Australia', BMC Pediatrics, 9, pp. 1 - 7, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/9/7
, 2009, 'Undiagnosed, unrecognised influenza and other respiratory viruses as a risk factor for ischaemic vascular events', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 18, pp. S263 - S263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2009.05.649
, 2009, 'Will they just pack up and leave? Attitudes and intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemic', BMC Health Services Research, 9, pp. 1 - 8, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/9/30
, 2008, 'Vaccine Preventable Zoster Burden of Illness and Health Care Resourse Utilization: An Australian Perspective', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 12, pp. E436 - E436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.1276
, 2008, 'Population seroprevalence of human papillomavirus types 6, 11, 16, and 18 in men, women, and children in Australia (vol 46, pg 1647, 2008)', CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 47, pp. 302 - 302, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000256905000033&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
, 2008, 'Differences in attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of hospital health care workers and community doctors to vaccination of older people', VACCINE, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000268750600200&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
, 2008, 'Factors associated with Pneumococcal immunization among hospitalised elderly persons: A survey of patient's perception, attitude, and knowledge', VACCINE, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000268750600199&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
, 2008, 'Assessing varicella vaccine efficacy', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 27, pp. 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31816166f8
, 2008, 'Cytomegalovirus Disease Amongst Renal Transplant Recipients in Australia and New Zealand', Virology: Research and Treatment, 1, pp. 65 - 73
, 2008, 'Cytomegalovirus Disease Amongst Renal Transplant Recipients in Australia and New Zealand', Virology: Research and Treatment, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/vrt.s920
, 2008, 'Differences in attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of hospital health care workers and community doctors to vaccination of older people', Vaccine, 26, pp. 5633 - 5643
, 2008, 'Factors associated with pneumococcal immunisation among hospitalised elderly persons: A survey of patient's perception, attitude, and knowledge', Vaccine, 26, pp. 234 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.10.067
, 2008, 'Funding of drugs: do vaccines warrant a different approach?', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 8, pp. 727 - 733
, 2008, 'Influenza-related hospitalisation and death in Australians aged 50 years and older', Vaccine, 26, pp. 2135 - 2141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.01.051
, 2008, 'Population seroprevalence of human papillomavirus types 6, 11, 16, and 18 in men, women, and children in Australia', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 46, pp. 1647 - 1655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/587895
, 2008, 'Preventive detention: The ethical ground where politics and health meet. Focus on asylum seekers in Australia', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62, pp. 480 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2007.061028
, 2008, 'Reduction in Hospitalisation for Cytomegalovirus Disease in HIV-Infected Patients Before and After the Introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy', The Open Epidemiology Journal, 1, pp. 57 - 61