By Dr Abrar Ahmad Chughtai

Journal articles

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

Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR; Zheng Y; Wang Q; Toor ZI; Dung TC; Hien NT; Seale H, 2015, 'Examining the policies and guidelines around the use of masks and respirators by healthcare workers in China, Pakistan and Vietnam', Journal of Infection Prevention, 16, pp. 68 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177414560251

Seale H; Leem J-S; Gallard J; Kaur R; Chughtai A; Tashani M; MacIntyre CR, 2015, '“The cookie monster muffler”: Perceptions and behaviours of hospital healthcare workers around the use of masks and respirators in the hospital setting', International Journal of Infection Control, http://dx.doi.org/10.3396/IJIC.v11i1.006.15

MacIntyre CR; Seale H; Dung TC; Hien NT; Nga PT; Chughtai AA; Rahman B; Dwyer DE; Wang Q, 2015, 'A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e006577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006577

Chughtai AA; Rahman B; MacIntyre CR, 2015, 'Commentary on Arriola et al. Antivirals and Effect Modification in Influenza Studies', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 212, pp. 1683 - 1684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv384

Chughtai AA; Seale H; Dung TC; Maher L; Nga PT; MacIntyre CR, 2015, 'Current practices and barriers to the use of facemasks and respirators among hospital-based health care workers in Vietnam', American Journal of Infection Control, 43, pp. 72 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.009

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai, A; Seale H; Richards GA; Davidson PM, 2014, 'Uncertainty, risk analysis and change for Ebola personal protective equipment guidelines', International Journal of Nursing Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.12.001

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Seale H; Richards GA; Davidson PM, 2014, 'Respiratory protection for healthcare workers treating ebola virus disease (evd): are facemasks sufficient to meet occupational health and safety obligations?', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51, pp. 1421 - 1426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.09.002

Chughtai AA; MacIntyre R; Peng Y; Wang Q; Toor ZI; Dung TC; Seale H, 2014, 'Policies on facemasks use to protect HCWs from respiratory infections: A cross sectional survey', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 21, pp. 417 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1281

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Seale H; Richards GA; Davidson PM, 2014, 'Response to Martin-Moreno et al. (2014) Surgical mask or no mask for health workers not a defensible position for Ebola', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51, pp. 1694 - 1695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.004

Sullivan EA; Wang YA; Chambers GM; Chughtai AA; Norman RJ; Farquhar CM, 2013, 'Perinatal mortality following assisted reproductive technology treatment in Australia and New Zealand, a public health approach for international reporting of perinatal mortality', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-177

Chughtai AA; Seale H; Macintyre CR, 2013, 'Availability, consistency and evidence-base of policies and guidelines on the use of mask and respirator to protect hospital health care workers: A global analysis', BMC Research Notes, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-216

Chughtai AA; Maclntyre CR; Wang YA; Gao Z; Khan W, 2013, 'Treatment outcomes of various types of tuberculosis in Pakistan, 2006 and 2007', EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEALTH JOURNAL, 19, pp. 535 - 541, http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2013.19.6.535

Chughtai AA; Qadeer E; Khan W; Hadi H; Memon IA, 2013, 'Estimation of the contribution of private providers in tuberculosis case notification and treatment outcome in Pakistan', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 19, pp. 213 - 218

Chughtai AA ; Seale H ; MacIntyre CR , 2013, 'Use of cloth masks in the practice of infection control – evidence and policy gaps', International Journal of Infection Control, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3396/IJIC.v9i3.020.13

Dogar OF; Shah SK; Chughtai AA; Qadeer E, 2012, 'Gender disparity in tuberculosis cases in eastern and western provinces of Pakistan', BMC Infectious Diseases, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-244

Jan IA; Chughtai AA; Mehmood A; Babar B, 2001, 'Concomitant thoracic enterogenous cyst and perforated long tubular small bowel duplication in a 9 months old baby', Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 11, pp. 57 - 58

Jan IA; Asim S; Ahmad S; Barqi T; Chughtai AA, 2001, 'Infantile fibromatosis presenting as a neck mass.', JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 51, pp. 87 - 88

Conference Papers

Chughtai A, 2023, 'Development of a road map to scale up the uptake and utilization of Influenza vaccine in 22 countries of Eastern Mediterranean Region', in Population Medicine, pp. 556 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/POPMED/164795

Chen X; Chughtai AA; Macintyre R, 2020, 'Use of a modified Grunow-Finke tool to assess the origin of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, pp. 253 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.098

Bahl P; de Silva C; MacIntyre CR; Bhattacharjee S; Chughtai AA; Doolan C, 2020, 'Video: Respiratory droplets and aerosols: capturing their dynamics to understand its implications on infection transmission', in 73th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics - Gallery of Fluid Motion, American Physical Society, presented at 73th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 22 November 2020 - 24 November 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/aps.dfd.2020.gfm.v0044

Bahl P; de Silva CM; MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Doolan C, 2020, 'An experimental framework to capture droplets expelled during various respiratory exhalations', in 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/81fe65c

Pervaz Iqbal M; Uebel K; Islam MS; Jabbour V; Chughtai A; Hall J, 2019, 'Explore the knowledge, attitude and practices of medical students regarding infection prevention and control in clinical settings', presented at Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professionals Education, 01 July 2019 - 04 July 2020

Adam DC; Jonnagaddala J; Han-Chen D; Batongbacal S; Almeida L; Zhu JZ; Yang JJ; Mundekkat JM; Badman S; Chughtai A; others , 2017, 'ZikaHack 2016: A digital disease detection competition', in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Digital Disease Detection using Social Media 2017 (DDDSM-2017), pp. 39 - 46

Chambers G; Macaldowie A; Harris K; Chughtai A; Chapman M, 2016, 'How to measure success in ART: Using national registry data to inform patient, provider and policy decision making', in HUMAN REPRODUCTION, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, pp. 27 - 27, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000453583900060&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Presentations

Bhattacharjee S; MacIntyre R; Bahl P; Kumar U; Wen X; Chughtai A; Joshi R, 2022, 'Graphene derivative and metal nanoparticles coated silk fabrics with durable, multifunctional properties for numerous potential applications', presented at 3rd Advanced Materials Science World Congress 2022, 21 March 2022 - 23 March 2022

Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; de Silva C; Doolan C; Chughtai A; Heslop D; MacIntyre R, 2022, 'A blueprint for well-designed, high-performing cloth masks that can outperform a 3-layered surgical mask', presented at International Congress on Occupational Health - 2022, 06 February 2022 - 10 February 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2021.12.1264

Bhattacharjee S; Joshi R; Yasir M; Adhikari A; Chughtai A; Heslop D; Bull R; Willcox M; MacIntyre R, 2021, 'Next-generation PPE: synergistic antimicrobial activity and low-cytotoxicity of graphene-derivative and nanoparticles on cotton/silk fabrics', presented at MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 2021, 06 December 2021 - 08 December 2021

Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; de Silva C; Doolan C; Chughtai A; MacIntyre R, 2021, 'Cloth masks designed from common fabrics outperform three-layered surgical masks', presented at Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) 60th National Scientific Conference 2021, 22 November 2021 - 23 November 2021

Bhattacharjee S; MacIntyre R; Wen X; Bahl P; Kumar U; Chughtai A; Joshi R, 2021, 'Functionalization of cotton fabric through coating of reduced graphene oxide and diffused nanoparticles using silane coupling agent', presented at 9th European Conference on Protective Clothing, Hohenstein Institute, Bönnigheim, Germany, 10 May 2021 - 12 May 2021

Conference Abstracts

Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; de Silva C; Doolan C; Chughtai AA; Heslop D; MacIntyre R, 2022, 'A blueprint for well-designed, high-performing cloth masks that can outperform a 3-layered surgical mask', in SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, ELSEVIER, Vol. 13, pp. S164 - S164, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000760944700539&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hii A; Chughtai AA; Housen T; Saketa S; Kunasekaran MP; Sulaiman F; Yanti NS; Macintyre CR, 2019, 'Epidemic intelligence needs of stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2017', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, Vol. 79, pp. 113 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.280

Sullivan EA; Chughtai AA; Lui K; Wang YA, 2015, 'Morbidity and mortality among very and extreme preterm singletons born following assisted conception in Australia: a population study', in HUMAN REPRODUCTION, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, PORTUGAL, Lisbon, Vol. 30, pp. 57 - 57, presented at 31st Annual Meeting of the European-Society-of-Human-Reproduction-and-Embryology (ESHRE), PORTUGAL, Lisbon, 14 June 2015 - 17 June 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000359740300130&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Wang YA; Chughtai AA; Farquhar CA; Chambers GM, 2015, 'No excess risk of preterm birth for singletons following blastocyst transfers compared to cleavage stage embryo transfers in Australia and New Zealand', Lisbon, presented at European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Annual Conference, Lisbon, 01 June 2015 - 01 June 2015

Chughtai AA; MacIntyre R; Peng Y; Wang Q; Ashraf MO; Dung TC; Seale H, 2014, 'Infection control survey in the hospitals to examine the role of masks and respirators for the prevention of respiratory infections in healthcare workers ( HCWs)', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, Vol. 21, pp. 408 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1262

Chughtai AA; Qadeer E, 2011, 'Why TB cases notification become static? A retrospective analysis to find missing TB cases', in Abstract Book, 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, Lille, France, presented at 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, Lille, France, 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, Lille, France, 26 October 2011 - 30 October 2011, https://www.theunion.org/what-we-do/journals/ijtld/body/AbstractBook2011_Web.pdf

Chughtai AA; Qadeer E, 2011, 'Strengthening surveillance through quarterly meeting at various levels; a successful experience', in Abstract book, presented at 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, Lille, France, 26 October 2011 - 30 October 2011, https://www.theunion.org/what-we-do/journals/ijtld/body/AbstractBook2011_Web.pdf

Chughtai AA; Tahseen S; Sadiq H; Hanif S; Chughtai FA, 2008, 'Online recording and reporting system for surveillance of laboratory and EQA data of the TB Control Program in Pakistan', in Abstract book, presented at 39th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Paris, France, 16 October 2008 - 20 October 2008, https://www.theunion.org/what-we-do/journals/ijtld/body/2008_Union_World_Conference_WEB.pdf

Tsukamoto MK; Mahmud T; Tsukamoto M; Chughtai AA; Badar D; Sadiq H, 2008, 'The magnitude of initial default at district level in the National TB Control program of Pakistan', in Abstract book, presented at 39th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Paris, France, 16 October 2008 - 20 October 2008, https://www.theunion.org/what-we-do/journals/ijtld/body/2008_Union_World_Conference_WEB.pdf

Iqbal T; Tsukamoto M; Sadiq H; Bdar D; Nawaz S; Chughtai A, 2007, 'Tuberculosis control programme in a model district: an overview of the strategies adopted to achieve WHO targets', in Abstract book, presented at 37th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Paris, France, 08 November 2007 - 12 November 2007

Sheikh U; Chughtai AA; Chiang T; Sadiq H, 2007, 'Evaluation of quarterly surveillance meeting for TB data management: A success story in Pakistan', in Abstract book, presented at 39th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Paris, France, 16 October 2007 - 20 October 2008

Tsukamoto M; Miyagi H; Yamakami K; Chughtai AA, 2006, 'Quality assessment of smear microscopy for acid-fast bacilli in the district of Gujarat', in Abstract book, presented at 37th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Paris, France, 31 October 2006 - 04 November 2006, https://www.theunion.org/what-we-do/journals/ijtld/body/2006_Union_World_Conference_WEB.pdf

Tsukamoto M; Miyagi H; Yamakami K; Chughtai AA, 2006, 'Quality assessment of smear microscopy for acid-fast bacilli in the district of Gujarat', in Abstract book, presented at 37th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Paris, France, 29 October 2006 - 04 November 2006

Reports

Humphrey MD; Bonello MR; Chughtai AA; Macaldowie A; Harris K; Chambers GM, 2015, Maternal deaths in Australia 2008–2012, http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129551119

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