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Journal articles
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
,2018, 'Epidemic varicella zoster virus among university students, India', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24, pp. 366 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170659
,2017, 'Influenza vaccination in preventing outbreaks in schools: A long-term ecological overview', Vaccine, 35, pp. 7133 - 7138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.096
,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
,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
,2017, 'Burnout in medical students: A systematic review of experiences in Chinese medical schools', BMC Medical Education, 17, pp. 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-017-1064-3
,2017, 'Vaccine myopia: Adult vaccination also needs attention', Medical Journal of Australia, 207, pp. 406 - 406.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja17.00677
,2017, 'Vaccine myopia: adult vaccination also needs attention', The Medical journal of Australia, 207, pp. 407
,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
,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
,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
,2017, 'Quantifying the population effects of vaccination and migration on hepatitis A seroepidemiology in Australia', Vaccine, 35, pp. 5228 - 5234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.022
,2017, 'Pandemics, public health emergencies and antimicrobial resistance - putting the threat in an epidemiologic and risk analysis context', Archives of Public Health, 75, pp. 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-017-0223-7
,2017, 'Socioeconomic risk factors for cholera in different transmission settings: An analysis of the data of a cluster randomized trial in Bangladesh', Vaccine, 35, pp. 5043 - 5049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.021
,2017, 'If there were a vaccine against acute myocardial infarction, would you use it?', Future Cardiology, 13, pp. 415 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fca-2017-0036
,2017, 'Risk activities and pre-travel health seeking practices of notified cases of imported infectious diseases in Australia', Journal of travel medicine, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tax044
,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
,2017, 'Cost-effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in older Australians', Vaccine, 35, pp. 4307 - 4314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.06.085
,2017, 'Overview of influenza vaccination policy in Beijing, China: Current status and future prospects', Journal of Public Health Policy, 38, pp. 366 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41271-017-0079-7
,2017, 'Cost-effectiveness analysis of N95 respirators and medical masks to protect healthcare workers in China from respiratory infections', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2564-9
,2017, 'Does influenza pandemic preparedness and mitigation require gain-of-function research?', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 11, pp. 306 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12458
,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
,2017, 'Demographic and geographical risk factors for gonorrhoea and chlamydia in greater Western Sydney, 2003-2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 41, pp. E134 - E141
,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
,2017, 'A Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence of Influenza A H5N1 and H7N9 Infection in Birds', Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 64, pp. 967 - 977, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12466
,2017, 'Acute encephalitis in india: An unfolding tragedy', Indian Journal of Medical Research, 145, pp. 584 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_409_17
,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
,2017, 'Influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza-associated hospitalization in 2015/16 season, Beijing, China.', Vaccine, 35, pp. 3129 - 3134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.03.084
,2017, 'Influenza A H5N1 and H7N9 in China: A spatial risk analysis', PLoS One, 12, pp. e0174980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174980
,2017, 'Vaccine myopia: adult vaccination also needs attention', The Medical journal of Australia, 206, pp. 238 - 239
,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
,2017, 'Improving access to immunisation for migrants and refugees: recommendations from a stakeholder workshop', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41, pp. 118 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12602
,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
,2017, 'Improving immunization approaches to cholera', Expert Review of Vaccines, 16, pp. 235 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2017.1249470
,2017, 'Epidemiology of influenza B in Australia: 2001-2014 influenza seasons', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 11, pp. 102 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12432
,2017, 'Does Zika Virus Cause Microcephaly - Applying the Bradford Hill Viewpoints.', PLoS Curr, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.2fced6e886074f6db162a00d4940133b
,2017, 'High rates of latent TB infection in contacts and the wider community in South India', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111, pp. 55 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trx016
,2017, 'Erratum: Correction: Influenza A H5N1 and H7N9 in China: A spatial risk analysis (PloS one (2017) 12 4 (e0174980))', PloS one, 12, pp. e0176903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176903
,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
,2017, 'Authors' response.', Indian J Med Res, 146, pp. 792 - 793, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5916.230130
,2016, 'Influenza vaccine as a coronary intervention for prevention of myocardial infarction', Heart, 102, pp. 1953 - 1956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309983
,2016, 'Comparison of influenza vaccination coverage between immigrant and Australian-born adults', Vaccine, 34, pp. 6388 - 6395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.10.012
,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
,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
,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
,2016, 'The contribution of travellers visiting friends and relatives to notified infectious diseases in Australia: state-based enhanced surveillance', Epidemiology and Infection, 144, pp. 3554 - 3563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816001734
,2016, 'Phylogenetic analysis of human rhinoviruses collected over four successive years in Sydney, Australia', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 10, pp. 493 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12404
,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
,2016, 'Current Biological Threats to Frontline Law Enforcement: From the Insider Threat to DIY Bio', Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 16, pp. 25 - 37
,2016, 'Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in Australian adults: a systematic review of coverage and factors associated with uptake', BMC Infectious Diseases, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1820-8
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