By Professor Monica M. Lahra

Journal articles

Goire N; Ohnishi M; Limnios AE; Lahra MM; Lambert SB; Nimmo GR; Nissen MD; Sloots TP; Whiley DM, 2012, 'Enhanced gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance in the era of ceftriaxone resistance: A real-time pcr assay for direct detection of the neisseria gonorrhoeae h041 strain', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67, pp. 902 - 905, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkr549

BaAlawi F; Robertson PW; Lahra M; Rawlinson WD, 2012, 'Comparison of five CMV IgM immunoassays with CMV IgG avidity for diagnosis of primary CMV infection', Pathology, 44, pp. 381 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0b013e328353bec0

Lahra MM, 2012, 'Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the WHO Western Pacific and South East Asian Regions, 2010.', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 36, pp. 95 - 100

Saab J; Bell SM; Lahra MM, 2012, 'Vaginal carriage rate of streptococcal pyogenes in 1600 pregnant women', Pathology, 44, pp. 567 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0b013e3283582983

Whiley D; Goire N; Lahra MM; Donovan B; Limnios AE; Nissen MD; Sloots T, 2012, 'The ticking time bomb: escalating drug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a public health disaster in waiting', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67, pp. 2059 - 2061

Yin JK; Lahra MM; Iskander M; Lambert SB; Heron L; Nissen MD; Rost L; Murphy J; Sloots TP; Booy R, 2011, 'Pilot study of influenza vaccine effectiveness in urban Australian children attending childcare', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47, pp. 857 - 862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02098.x

Gordon A; Lahra M; Raynes-Greenow C; Jeffery H, 2011, 'Histological chorioamnionitis is increased at extremes of gestation in stillbirth: A population-based study', Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/456728

Lahra MM, 2011, 'Additional reports', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 35, pp. 257 - 260, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213220100006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra MM, 2011, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2010', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 35, pp. 229 - 236, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213220100002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra MM, 2011, 'Meningococcal surveillance', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 35, pp. 261 - 261, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213220100007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra M, 2011, 'SURVEILLANCE OF ANTIBIOTICIC RESISTANCE IN NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE IN THE WHO WESTERN PACIFIC AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN REGIONS, 2009', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 35, pp. 2 - 7, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213218600002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra M; Tapsall J, 2010, 'Gonococcal surveillance', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 34, pp. 369 - 370, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213215700018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra M; Tapsall J, 2010, 'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN GONOCOCCAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME, 2009', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 34, pp. 89 - 95, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213215200001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Tapsall JW, 2010, 'Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2009', , http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/cda-cdi3403g.htm

Lahra MM; Beeby PJ; Jeffery HE, 2009, 'Intrauterine inflammation, neonatal sepsis, and chronic lung disease: A 13-year hospital cohort study', Pediatrics, 123, pp. 1314 - 1319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-0656

Lahra MM; Beeby PJ; Jeffery HE, 2009, 'Maternal versus fetal inflammation and respiratory distress syndrome: A 10-year hospital cohort study', Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.135889

Lahra MM, 2008, 'Intrauterine infection: preterm birth and pulmonary impact', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 29, pp. 217 - 219, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000216277300017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Best EJ; Lahra MM; Palasanthiran P, 2005, 'An unusual neonatal zoonosis [1]', Medical Journal of Australia, 182, pp. 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06619.x

Lahra MM; Robertson PW; Whybin R; Tapsall JW, 2005, 'Enhanced serological diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease by determining anti-group C capsule IgM antibody by enzyme immunoassay', Pathology, 37, pp. 239 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00313020500098983

Lahra MM; Jeffery HE, 2004, 'A fetal response to chorioamnionitis is associated with early survival after preterm birth', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190, pp. 147 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2003.07.012

Nolan MA; Craig ME; Lahra MM; Rawlinson WD; Prager PC; Williams GD; Bye AM; Andrews PI, 2003, 'Survival after pulmonary edema due to enterovirus 71 encephalitis', Neurology, 60, pp. 1651 - 1656

Jeffery HE; Lahra MM, 1998, 'Eight-year outcome of universal screening and intrapartum antibiotics for maternal group B streptococcal carriers', PEDIATRICS, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.101.1.e2

Jeffery HE; Lahra MM, 1998, 'Neonatal Outcomes Eight Years After Universal Screening and Non-selective Intrapartum Antibiotics for Maternal Group B Streptococcal Carriers 1451', Pediatric Research, 43, pp. 248 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199804001-01472

Bolton P; Mira M; Kennedy P; Lahra MM, 1998, 'The quality of communication between hospitals and general practitioners: an assessment.', J Qual Clin Pract, 18, pp. 241 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1762.1998.00281.x

Conference Papers

Cabrera-Aguas M; Lahra MM; Khoo P; Watson S, 2019, 'The Keratitis Anti-microbial Resistance Surveillance Program (KARSP): Results from 2017-2018', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 93 - 94, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000493279000135&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Watson SL; Lahra M; Khoo P; Cabrera-Aguas M, 2018, 'Causative organisms and antibiotic resistance for microbial keratitis in a quaternary referral eye hospital, Sydney Australia over 5 years', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, HI, Honolulu, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), HI, Honolulu, 29 April 2018 - 03 May 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000442932801210&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Cabrera-Aguas M; Lahra M; Khoo P; Pratama R; Gatus B; Gulholm T; El-Nasser J; Watson S, 2017, 'ESTABLISHMENT OF A BACTERIAL KERATITIS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM IN A TERTIARY REFERRAL HOSPITAL', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 57 - 57, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000413690300056&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Trembizki E; Regan DG; Donovan B; Chen MY; Guy RJ; Lahra MM; Whiley D, 2015, 'AN AUSTRALIA-WIDE MOLECULAR STUDY OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE IDENTIFIES FREQUENT OCCURRENCE OF A KEY CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE MECHANISM', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A26 - A27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.83

Hui B; Ryder N; Su J-Y; Ward J; Chen M; Donovan B; Fairley C; Guy R; Lahra M; Law M; Whiley D; Regan D, 2015, 'EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF MOLECULAR TESTING FOR GONORRHOEA ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE IN REMOTE SETTINGS', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A27 - A27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.84

Bissessor M; Whiley DM; Lee DM; Snow AF; Fairley CK; Bradshaw CS; Hocking JS; Lahra M; Peel J; Chen MY, 2015, 'FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DETECTION OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE FROM THE TONSILS AND POSTERIOR OROPHARYNX', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A124 - A125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.328

Pillay A; Chi CH; Kwakye C; Danavall D; Taleo F; Katz S; Lahra M; Tun Y; Ballard RC; Asiedu K; Chen CY, 2015, 'NEW DIAGNOSTICS FOR SYPHILIS AND YAWS AND DETECTION OF HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI IN CUTANEOUS LESIONS IN CHILDREN', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A10 - A10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.32

Unemo M; Golparian D; Grad Y; Limnios A; Wi T; Lahra M; Harris S, 2015, 'PHENOTYPIC, GENETIC AND GENOMIC CHARACTERISATION OF THE 2015 WHO NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE REFERENCE STRAINS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE OF LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS GLOBALLY', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A111 - A111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.295

Trembizki E; Lahra MM; Stevens S; Freeman K; Hogg G; Lawrence A; Pearson J; Smith H; Sloots T; Whiley D, 2013, 'A NATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEY: LOW NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE MISIDENTIFICATION RATES IN AUSTRALIA, 2012', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A97 - A97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0297

Trembizki E; Chen M; Donovan B; Fairley C; Guy RJ; Kaldor JM; Lahra MM; Regan DG; Ward J; Whiley D, 2013, 'A NATIONAL STUDY UTILISING THE SEQUENOM MASSARRAY IPLEX PLATFORM FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT MLST-BASED TYPING AND CHARACTERISATION OF RESISTANCE MECHANISMS IN NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A80 - A80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0242

Whiley D; Chen M; Donovan B; Fairley C; Guy R; Kaldor J; Regan D; Trembizki E; Ward J; Lahra M, 2013, 'MOLECULAR DETECTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN STI PATHOGENS', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A15 - A16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0047

Tabrizi SN; Twin J; Unemo M; Wiezer A; Limnios A; Lahra M; Garland S, 2013, 'PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL EVALUATION OF ARTUS (R) CT/NG, FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE AND CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A354 - A355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.1108

Lahra MM; Gordon A; Jeffery HE, 2007, 'Chorioamnionitis and fetal response in stillbirth', in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, pp. 229.e1 - 229.e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2006.10.900

Conference Abstracts

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP; George CRR, 2019, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2017', in Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), Vol. 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.66

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP, 2017, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2016
', in Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, Vol. 41, pp. E109 - E110

Reports

Lahra MM; Shoushtari M; Hogan TR, 2022, Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.19

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP, 2019, Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.63

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP, 2019, Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.60

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP, 2019, Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.59

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP, 2019, Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.27

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP; George CRR, 2019, Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.19

Lahra MM; Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme , 2012, Annual report of the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 2011.

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP, 2012, Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2011.

Tapsall JW, 2009, Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra

Preprints

Duan Q; Carmody C; Donovan B; Guy R; Hui B; Kaldor J; Lahra M; Law M; Lewis D; Maley M; McGregor S; McNulty A; Selvey C; Templeton D; Whiley D; Regan D; Wood J, 2021, Modelling outbreak response strategies for preventing spread of emergent Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains in men who have sex with men in Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.30.21256375

Buckley C; Forde BM; Trembizki E; Lahra MM; Beatson SA; Whiley DM, 2017, Use of whole genome sequencing to investigate an outbreak of gonorrhoea among females in urban New South Wales, Australia, 2012 to 2014, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/175869

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