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Journal articles
, 2008, 'Research: The challenges of clinical trials in the exclusion zone: The case of the frail elderly', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 27, pp. 61 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00288.x
, 2008, 'Tackle the Problem When It Gets Here: Pandemic Preparedness Among Small and Medium Businesses', Qualitative Health Research, 18, pp. 902 - 912
, 2008, 'The cost-effectiveness of a universal influenza vaccination program for adults aged 50-64 years in Australia', Vaccine, 26, pp. 2142 - 2153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.01.050
, 2008, 'The prevention and management of herpes zoster', Medical Journal of Australia, 188, pp. 171 - 176
, 2008, 'The relationship between pertussis symptomatology, incidence and serology in adolescents', Vaccine, 26, pp. 5547 - 5553
, 2008, 'The seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in Australia', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 12, pp. 500 - 504
, 2007, 'The cost-effectiveness of universal influenza vaccination for 50-64 year-olds in Australia', VALUE IN HEALTH, 10, pp. A444 - A444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1098-3015(10)65534-9
, 2007, 'Cost-effectiveness analyses of human papillomavirus vaccination', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 7, pp. 289 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70083-X
, 2007, 'Current developments in varicella-zoster virus disease prevention', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 31, pp. 303 - 310
, 2007, 'Effects of internal border control on spread of pandemic influenza', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13, pp. 1038 - 1045
, 2007, 'Epidemiology and burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in Australia, Asia and South America', Herpes, 14, pp. 40 - 44
, 2007, 'Epidemiology of severe hepatitis A in Indigenous Australian children', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 43, pp. 383 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01084.x
, 2007, 'Influenza pandemic preparedness: motivation for protection among small and medium businesses in Australia', BMC Public Health, 7, pp. 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-157
, 2007, 'New developments in BCG vaccine: implications for tuberculosis control', Epidemiology and Infection, 135, pp. 177 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268806007126
, 2007, 'Population-based seroprevalence of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C capsular antibody before the introduction of conjugate vaccine, in Australia', Vaccine, 25, pp. 1310 - 1315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.087
, 2007, 'Predictors of pneumococcal vaccination uptake in hospitalized patients aged 65 years and over shortly following the commencement of a publicly funded national pneumococcal vaccination program in Australia', Human Vaccines, 3, pp. 83 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/hv.3.3.3925
, 2007, 'Sustained measles elimination in Australia and priorities for long term maintenance', Vaccine, 25, pp. 3574 - 3580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.01.090
, 2007, 'The changing epidemiology of severe cytomegalovirus disease in Australia', Human Vaccines, 3, pp. 239 - 244
, 2007, 'The cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Australia', Vaccine, 25, pp. 8851 - 8860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.10.009
, 2007, 'The impact of a new universal infant and school-based adolescent hepatitis B vaccination program in Australia', Vaccine, 25, pp. 8637 - 8641
, 2007, 'Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 2003 to 2005', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 31, pp. S1 - S152
, 2006, 'Barriers to access to health care for newly resettled sub-Saharan refugees in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 594 - 597
, 2006, 'Bird flu: pandemic flu is not just about probability', British Medical Journal, Compact, 332, pp. 913
, 2006, 'Community perceptions about infectious disease risk posed by new arrivals: A qualitative study', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 591 - 593
, 2006, 'Compulsory Vaccination and Conscientious or Philosophical Exemptions: Past, Present and Future', Lancet, 367, pp. 436 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68144-0
, 2006, 'Development of a risk priority score for category A bioterrorism agents as an aid for public health policy', Military Medicine, 171, pp. 589 - 594
, 2006, 'Do financial factors such as author page charges and industry funding impact on the nature of published research in infectious diseases?', Health Information and Libraries Journal, 23, pp. 214 - 222
, 2006, 'Ethics and access to teaching materials in the medical library: the case of the Pernkopf atlas', Medical Journal of Australia, 184, pp. 254 - 255
, 2006, 'National Serosurvey of Cytomegalovirus in Australia', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 13, pp. 1181 - 1184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00203-06
, 2006, 'Pandemic influenza and critical infrastructure dependencies: possible impact on hospitals', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. S70 - S72
, 2006, 'Pandemic vaccines: promises and pitfalls', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. S62 - S65
, 2006, 'Reduction of broad-spectrum antibiotic use with computerized decision support in an intensive care unit', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 18, pp. 224 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzi095
, 2006, 'The seroepidemiology of pertussis in Australia during an epidemic period', Epidemiology and Infection, 134, pp. 1208 - 1216
, 2005, 'A boarding school outbreak of pertussis in adolescents: value of laboratory diagnostic methods', Epidemiology and Infection, 133, pp. 229 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268804003401
, 2005, 'A population-based study of the impact of corticosteroid therapy and delayed diagnosis on the outcome of childhood pneumococcal meningitis', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90, pp. 391 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.037523
, 2005, 'Burden of severe rotavirus disease in Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 42, pp. 521 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00915.x
, 2005, 'Childhood asthma diagnosis and use of asthma medication', Australian Family Physician, 34, pp. 193 - 196
, 2005, 'Cough symptoms in children aged 5-14 years in Sydney, Australia: nonspecific cough or unrecognised pertussis?', Respirology, 10, pp. 359 - 364
, 2005, 'Modelling the impact of vaccination on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29, pp. 544 - 551
, 2005, 'Patient knows best: blinded assessment of non-adherence with anti-tuberculous therapy by physicians, nurses and patients compared with urine drug levels', Preventive Medicine, 40, pp. 41 - 45
, 2005, 'Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis: a prospective study', Neurology, 64, pp. 1317
, 2004, 'Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Australia', Vaccine, 22, pp. 1138 - 1149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.09.036
, 2004, 'Effectiveness of the linkage of child care and maternity payments to childhood immunisation', Vaccine, 22, pp. 2345 - 2350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.10.038
, 2004, 'Reasons for incomplete immunisation in Australia: a national survey of parents', Australian Family Physician, 33, pp. 568 - 571, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15301182
, 2004, 'Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 2001 to 2002', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 28, pp. 1 - 120, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-pubs-2004-cdi28suppl2-pdf-cnt.htm/$FILE/cdi28suppl2.pdf
, 2003, 'A randomised, clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of hospital and community-based reminder systems for increasing uptake of influenza and pneumococcal vaccine in hospitalised patients aged 65 years and over', Gerontology, 49, pp. 33 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000066500
, 2003, 'A randomised, controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of family based direct observation of anti-tuberculous therapy in an urban, developed-country setting', International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 7, pp. 848 - 854
, 2003, 'Community based incidence and risk factors for all-cause childhood pneumonia in Western Sydney, Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 131, pp. 1091 - 1096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268803001365
, 2003, 'Estimating immunisation coverage: is the 'third dose assumption' still valid?', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 27, pp. 357 - 361, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi2703-pdf-cnt.htm/$FILE/cdi2703e.pdf
, 2003, 'Hepatitis A vaccination options for Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 39, pp. 83 - 87