By Dr Abrar Ahmad Chughtai

Journal articles

Islam S; Chughtai AA; Banu S; Seale H, 2019, 'Implementation of tuberculosis infection control guidelines in seven high burden countries: A global policy analysis', Infection, Disease & Health, 24, pp. S4 - S5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2019.09.016

Kunasekaran M; Trent M; Lai E; Tan H; Chughtai A; Poulos C; MacIntyre R, 2019, 'Influenza Vaccine Uptake and Associated Factors in Aged Care Facilities', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 34, pp. s140 - s140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19003108

Mahendra Raj S; Chughtai A; Sharma A; Tan T; MacIntyre R, 2019, 'The Impact of Cardiovascular Prevention on the Cost Benefit of Influenza Vaccination for Australian Adults aged 50–64 years old', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, pp. S375 - S375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.562

Chen X; Chughtai A; MacIntyre RAINA, 2018, 'Recalibration of the Grunow-Finke Assessment Tool to Improve Performance in Detecting Unnatural Epidemics', Risk Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.13255

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Barnes M; Ridda I; Seale H; Toms R; Heywood A, 2018, 'The role of pneumonia and secondary bacterial infection in fatal and serious outcomes of pandemic influenza a(H1N1)pdm09', BMC Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3548-0

MacIntyre CR; Dyda A; Bui CM; Chughtai AA, 2018, 'Author Response to Comments on “Rolling epidemic of Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in small geographic areas”', Emerging Microbes and Infections, 7, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41426-018-0150-x

Chughtai AA; Chen X; Macintyre CR, 2018, 'Risk of self-contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment', American Journal of Infection Control, 46, pp. 1329 - 1334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.06.003

MacIntyre CR; Dyda A; Bui CM; Chughtai AA, 2018, 'Rolling epidemic of Legionnaires' disease outbreaks in small geographic areas article', Emerging Microbes and Infections, 7, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41426-018-0051-z

Zhang Y; Muscatello DJ; Wang Q; Yang P; Pan Y; Huo D; Liu Z; Zhao X; Tang Y; Li C; Chughtai AA; Macintyre CR, 2018, 'Hospitalizations for influenza-associatesevere acute respiratory infection, Beijing, China, 2014–2016', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24, pp. 2098 - 2102, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.171410

Zhang Y; Cao Z; Costantino V; Muscatello DJ; Chughtai AA; Yang P; Wang Q; MacIntyre CR, 2018, 'Influenza illness averted by influenza vaccination among school year children in Beijing, 2013-2016', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 12, pp. 687 - 694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12585

Tian Y; Chughtai AA; Gao Z; Yan H; Chen Y; Liu B; Huo D; Jia L; Wang Q; MacIntyre CR, 2018, 'Prevalence and genotypes of group A rotavirus among outpatient children under five years old with diarrhea in Beijing, China, 2011-2016', BMC Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3411-3

Hii A; Chughtai AA; Housen T; Saketa S; Kunasekaran MP; Sulaiman F; Yanti NS; MacIntyre CR, 2018, 'Epidemic intelligence needs of stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region', Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR, 9, pp. 28 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.2.009

Njoto EN; Scotch M; Bui CM; Adam DC; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2018, 'Phylogeography of H5N1 avian influenza virus in Indonesia', Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65, pp. 1339 - 1347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12883

Costantino V; Kunasekaran MP; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2018, 'How Valid Are Assumptions about Re-emerging Smallpox? A Systematic Review of Parameters Used in Smallpox Mathematical Models', Military Medicine, 183, pp. e200 - e207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usx092

MacIntyre CR; Katelaris AL; Ridda I; Chughtai AA; Moa A; Barnes M; Kabir M; Bradstock K, 2018, 'The immunogenicity of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in adult bone marrow transplant patients', British Journal of Haematology, 181, pp. 860 - 863, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjh.14725

MacIntyre CR; Costantino V; Chen X; Segelov E; Chughtai AA; Kelleher A; Kunasekaran M; Lane JM, 2018, 'Influence of population immunosuppression and past vaccination on smallpox reemergence', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24, pp. 646 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.171233

Ajisegiri WS; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2018, 'A Risk Analysis Approach to Prioritizing Epidemics: Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa as a Case Study', Risk Analysis, 38, pp. 429 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.12876

Chughtai AA; Wang AY; Hilder L; Li Z; Lui K; Farquhar C; Sullivan EA, 2018, 'Gestational age-specific perinatal mortality rates for assisted reproductive technology (ART) and other births', Human Reproduction, 33, pp. 320 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dex340

Dyda A; Stelzer-Braid S; Adam D; Chughtai AA; Macintyre CR, 2018, 'The association between acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) – what is the evidence for causation?', Eurosurveillance, 23, pp. 17 - 00310, http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.3.17-00310

Chen X; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'Herd protection effect of N95 respirators in healthcare workers', Journal of International Medical Research, 45, pp. 1760 - 1767, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060516665491

Heslop DJ; Chughtai AA; Bui CM; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'Publicly available software tools for decision-makers during an emergent epidemic—Systematic evaluation of utility and usability', Epidemics, 21, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2017.04.002

Chen X; Chughtai AA; Raina Macintyre C, 2017, 'A systematic review of risk analysis tools for differentiating unnatural from natural epidemics', Military Medicine, 182, pp. e1827 - e1835, http://dx.doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-17-00090

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Rahman B; Peng Y; Zhang Y; Seale H; Wang X; Wang Q, 2017, 'The efficacy of medical masks and respirators against respiratory infection in healthcare workers', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 11, pp. 511 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12474

Yan SJ; Chughtai AA; Macintyre CR; Yan S-L, 2017, 'Utility and potential of rapid epidemic intelligence from internet-based sources', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 63, pp. 77 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2017.07.020

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Zhang Y; Seale H; Yang P; Chen J; Pan Y; Zhang D; Wang Q, 2017, 'Viral and bacterial upper respiratory tract infection in hospital health care workers over time and association with symptoms', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 553, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2649-5

Wong ZSY; Bui CM; Chughtai AA; Macintyre CR, 2017, 'Erratum: A systematic review of early modelling studies of Ebola virus disease in West Africa - CORRIGENDUM (Epidemiology and infection (2017) 145 6 (1069-1094))', Epidemiology and infection, 145, pp. 1961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268817000759

Chen X; Chughtai AA; Dyda A; Macintyre CR, 2017, 'Comparative epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia and South Korea', Emerging Microbes and Infections, 6, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emi.2017.40

Muscatello DJ; Chughtai AA; Heywood A; Gardner LJ; Heslop DJ; Macintyre CR, 2017, 'Translating real-time infectious disease modeling into routine public health practice', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23, pp. e1 - e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.161720

Wong ZSY; Bui CM; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'A systematic review of early modelling studies of Ebola virus disease in West Africa', Epidemiology and Infection, 145, pp. 1069 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268817000164

Bui CM; Chughtai AA; Adam DC; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'An overview of the epidemiology and emergence of influenza A infection in humans over time', Archives of Public Health, 75, pp. 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-017-0182-z

Awadh A; Chughtai AA; Dyda A; Sheikh M; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'Does Zika Virus Cause Microcephaly - Applying the Bradford Hill Viewpoints.', PLoS Curr, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.2fced6e886074f6db162a00d4940133b

Wang AY; Chughtai AA; Lui K; Sullivan EA, 2017, 'Morbidity and mortality among very preterm singletons following fertility treatment in Australia and New Zealand, a population cohort study', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17, pp. 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1235-6

Chughtai AA; Wang Q; Dung TC; Macintyre CR, 2017, 'The presence of fever in adults with influenza and other viral respiratory infections', Epidemiology and Infection, 145, pp. 148 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816002181

Bui C; Bethmont A; Chughtai AA; Gardner L; Sarkar S; Hassan S; Seale H; MacIntyre CR, 2016, 'A Systematic Review of the Comparative Epidemiology of Avian and Human Influenza A H5N1 and H7N9 – Lessons and Unanswered Questions', Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 63, pp. 602 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12327

MacIntyre CR; Zhang Y; Chughtai AA; Seale H; Zhang D; Chu Y; Zhang H; Rahman B; Wang Q, 2016, 'Cluster randomised controlled trial to examine medical mask use as source control for people with respiratory illness', BMJ Open, 6, pp. e012330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012330

Gardner LM; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2016, 'Risk of global spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) via the air transport network', Journal of Travel Medicine, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taw063

Bethmont A; Bui CM; Gardner L; Sarkar S; Chughtai AA; Macintyre CR, 2016, 'Quantified degree of poultry exposure differs for human cases of avian influenza H5N1 and H7N9', Epidemiology and Infection, 144, pp. 2633 - 2640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816001035

MacIntyre CR; Shaw P; Mackie FE; Boros C; Marshall H; Barnes M; Seale H; Kennedy SE; Moa A; Hayen A; Chughtai AA; O'Loughlin EV; Stormon M, 2016, 'Immunogenicity and persistence of immunity of a quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in immunocompromised children', Vaccine, 34, pp. 4343 - 4350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.049

Moa AM; Chughtai AA; Muscatello DJ; Turner RM; MacIntyre CR, 2016, 'Immunogenicity and safety of inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials', Vaccine, 34, pp. 4092 - 4102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.064

McLaws ML; Chughtai AA; Salmon S; MacIntyre CR, 2016, 'A highly precautionary doffing sequence for health care workers after caring for wet Ebola patients to further reduce occupational acquisition of Ebola', American Journal of Infection Control, 44, pp. 740 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.12.034

Chughtai AA; Seale H; Dung TC; Hayen A; Rahman B; Raina MacIntyre C; MacIntyre R, 2016, 'Compliance with the use of medical and cloth masks among healthcare workers in Vietnam', Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 60, pp. 619 - 630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/mew008

Chughtai AA; Barnes M; Macintyre CR, 2016, 'Persistence of Ebola virus in various body fluids during convalescence: Evidence and implications for disease transmission and control', Epidemiology and Infection, 144, pp. 1652 - 1660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816000054

Wang YA; Chughtai AA; Farquhar CM; Pollock W; Lui K; Sullivan EA, 2016, 'Increased incidence of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia after assisted reproductive technology treatment', Fertility and Sterility, 105, pp. 920 - 926.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.12.024

Seale H; Chughtai AA; Kaur R; Phillipson L; Novytska Y; Travaglia J, 2016, 'Empowering patients in the hospital as a new approach to reducing the burden of health care-associated infections: The attitudes of hospital health care workers', American Journal of Infection Control, 44, pp. 263 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.10.003

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA, 2016, 'Recurrence and reinfection-a new paradigm for the management of Ebola virus disease', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 43, pp. 58 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2015.12.011

Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR; Ashraf MO; Zheng Y; Yang P; Wang Q; Dung TC; Hien NT; Seale H, 2015, 'Practices around the use of masks and respirators among hospital health care workers in 3 diverse populations', American Journal of Infection Control, 43, pp. 1116 - 1118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.041

Chambers GM; Chughtai AA; Farquhar CM; Wang YA, 2015, 'Risk of preterm birth after blastocyst embryo transfer: A large population study using contemporary registry data from Australia and New Zealand', Fertility and Sterility, 104, pp. 997 - 1003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.07.1130

Seale H; Travaglia J; Chughtai AA; Phillipson L; Novytska Y; Kaur R, 2015, '‘I don’t want to cause any trouble’: the attitudes of hospital patients towards patient empowerment strategies to reduce healthcare-acquired infections', Journal of Infection Prevention, 16, pp. 167 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177415588378

Seale H; Chughtai AA; Kaur R; Crowe P; Phillipson L; Novytska Y; Travaglia J, 2015, 'Ask, speak up, and be proactive: Empowering patient infection control to prevent health care-acquired infections', American Journal of Infection Control, 43, pp. 447 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.007

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA, 2015, 'Facemasks for the prevention of infection in healthcare and community settings', BMJ: British Medical Journal, 350, pp. h694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h694

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