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2024, 'Origin of the H1N1 (Russian influenza) pandemic of 1977—A risk assessment using the modified Grunow–Finke tool (mGFT)', Risk Analysis, 44, pp. 2696 - 2706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.14343
,2024, 'Use of a risk assessment tool to determine the origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)', Risk Analysis, 44, pp. 1896 - 1906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.14291
,2024, 'Prevalence of influenza and other acute respiratory illnesses in patients with acute myocardial infarction in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study', Health Science Reports, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.2234
,2024, 'Application of the Modified Grunow-Finke Risk Assessment Tool to the Sverdlovsk Anthrax Outbreak of 1979.', Mil Med, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae289
,2024, 'Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review', Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 37, pp. e00124 - e00123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00124-23
,2024, 'Association between Congenital Anomalies and Late-Onset Bacterial Infections in Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Australia and New Zealand: A Population-Based Cohort Study', Neonatology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000540276
,2024, 'Respiratory illness of unknown cause as an early signal of the COVID-19 pandemic', Global Biosecurity, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.253
,2023, 'Associations between severe and notifiable respiratory infections during the first trimester of pregnancy and congenital anomalies at birth: a register-based cohort study', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05514-8
,2023, 'Exploring the use of masks for protection against the effects of wildfire smoke among people with preexisting respiratory conditions', BMC Public Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17274-3
,2023, 'Monitoring the burden of COVID-19 and impact of hospital transfer policies on Australian aged-care residents in residential aged-care facilities in 2020', BMC Geriatrics, 23, pp. 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04154-z
,2023, 'Association of recent respiratory illness and influenza with acute myocardial infarction among the Bangladeshi population: A case-control study', Epidemiology and Infection, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823001863
,2023, 'Scoping review of transport workforce exposure to COVID-19 and other respiratory pandemic diseases', European Journal of Public Health, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.326
,2023, 'Control of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region', Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2023.1240420
,2022, 'Recommendations related to occupational infection prevention and control training to protect healthcare workers from infectious diseases: a scoping review of infection prevention and control guidelines', BMC Health Services Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07673-4
,2022, 'Effectiveness estimates for enhanced trivalent influenza vaccines in an aged care summer outbreak', Vaccine, 40, pp. 7170 - 7175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.018
,2022, 'Factors associated with repeated influenza vaccine uptake among aged care staff in an Australian sample from 2017 to 2019', Vaccine, 40, pp. 7238 - 7246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.015
,2022, 'Development of a road map to scale up the uptake and utilization of influenza vaccine in 22 countries of Eastern Mediterranean Region', Vaccine, 40, pp. 6558 - 6565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.051
,2022, 'Policy Analysis for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Aged Care', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, pp. 1741.e1 - 1741.e18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.06.002
,2022, 'Examining the discourse regarding the delivery of occupational infection prevention and control training to healthcare workers: A scoping review of pandemic plans of 23 countries', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061850
,2022, 'Influenza cases in nine aged care facilities in Sydney, Australia over a three-year surveillance period, 2018—2020', Vaccine, 40, pp. 4253 - 4261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.048
,2022, 'How far are we? National preparedness and response capacities for emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region', BMJ Global Health, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009826
,2022, 'The long road of pandemic vaccine development to rollout: A systematic review on the lessons learnt from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic', American Journal of Infection Control, 50, pp. 735 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.01.026
,2022, 'Cross-sectional survey of changes in knowledge, attitudes and practice of mask use in Sydney and Melbourne during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic', BMJ Open, 12, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057860
,2022, 'Airborne or Droplet Precautions for Health Workers Treating Coronavirus Disease 2019?', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 225, pp. 1561 - 1568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa189
,2022, 'COVID-19 outbreaks in aged-care facilities in Australia', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 16, pp. 429 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12942
,2022, 'Supporting the Delivery of Infection Prevention and Control Training to Healthcare Workers: Insights from the Sector', Healthcare (Switzerland), 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050936
,2022, 'Trust in government, intention to vaccinate and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A comparative survey of five large cities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia', Vaccine, 40, pp. 2498 - 2505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.06.048
,2022, 'Factors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rates in Aged Care-A Meta-Analysis', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9, pp. ofac033, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac033
,2022, 'Preparedness of tertiary care hospitals to implement the national TB infection prevention and control guidelines in Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration', PLoS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263115
,2022, 'Examining pulmonary TB patient management and healthcare workers exposures in two public tertiary care hospitals, Bangladesh', PLOS Global Public Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000064
,2022, 'An unprecedented global resurgence of monkeypox', Global Biosecurity, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/GBIO.170
,2022, 'Estimated Mask Use and Temporal Relationship to COVID-19 Epidemiology of Black Lives Matter Protests in 12 Cities', Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01308-4
,2022, 'Poliomyelitis Epidemic in Papua New Guinea, 2018', Global Biosecurity, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.164
,2022, 'SYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE IN A LARGE TERTIARY CARE CARDIOLOGY HOSPITAL', Pakistan Heart Journal, 55, pp. 253 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.47144/phj.v55i3.2325
,2022, 'Face masks and respirators: Towards sustainable materials and technologies to overcome the shortcomings and challenges', Nano Select, 3, pp. 1355 - 1381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nano.202200101
,2021, 'EXPLORING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN HOSPITALS: A PILOT STUDY', Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 71, pp. 2236 - 2241, http://dx.doi.org/10.51253/PAFMJ.V71I6.6086
,2021, 'Flow dynamics of droplets expelled during sneezing', Physics of Fluids, 33, pp. 111901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0067609
,2021, 'Erratum to “Estimating the burden of COVID-19 on the Australian healthcare workers and health system during the first six months of the pandemic” [International Journal of Nursing Studies, 114 (2021), 103811] (International Journal of Nursing Studies (2021) 114, (S0020748920302972), (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103811))', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 121, pp. 104031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104031
,2021, 'Adverse health effects in people with and without preexisting respiratory conditions during bushfire smoke exposure in the 2019/2020 australian summer', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 204, pp. 368 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202012-4471LE
,2021, 'Towards capturing a database of respiratory exhalations from flow visualisations', 14th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.18409/ispiv.v1i1.74
,2021, 'Graphene and nanoparticles coated antimicrobial and biocompatible cotton/silk fabrics for protective clothing', ACS Applied Bio Materials
,2021, 'Experimental Evidence for the Optimal Design of a High-Performing Cloth Mask', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 7, pp. 2791 - 2802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00368
,2021, 'Effect of statin use on the risk of influenza and influenza vaccine effectiveness', International Journal of Cardiology, 332, pp. 205 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.03.055
,2021, 'Droplets and Aerosols Generated by Singing and the Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 for Choirs', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72, pp. E639 - E641, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1241
,2021, 'Context matters: Examining the factors impacting the implementation of tuberculosis infection prevention and control guidelines in health settings in seven high tuberculosis burden countries', Journal of Infection and Public Health, 14, pp. 588 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.01.014
,2021, 'COVID-19 vaccine rumors and conspiracy theories: The need for cognitive inoculation against misinformation to improve vaccine adherence', PLoS ONE, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251605
,2021, 'Mask use, risk-mitigation behaviours and pandemic fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic in five cities in Australia, the UK and USA: A cross-sectional survey', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 106, pp. 199 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.056
,2021, 'Reemergence of human monkeypox and declining population immunity in the context of urbanization, Nigeria, 2017-2020', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27, pp. 1007 - 1014, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.203569
,2021, 'Epidemiology of 2017 influenza outbreaks in nine Australian Aged care facilities', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 15, pp. 278 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12811
,2021, 'Estimating the burden of COVID-19 on the Australian healthcare workers and health system during the first six months of the pandemic', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 114, pp. 103811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103811
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