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Journal articles
2007, 'Effects of internal border control on spread of pandemic influenza', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13, pp. 1038 - 1045
,2007, 'Epidemiology and burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in Australia, Asia and South America', Herpes, 14, pp. 40 - 44
,2007, 'Epidemiology of severe hepatitis A in Indigenous Australian children', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 43, pp. 383 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01084.x
,2007, 'Influenza pandemic preparedness: motivation for protection among small and medium businesses in Australia', BMC Public Health, 7, pp. 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-157
,2007, 'New developments in BCG vaccine: implications for tuberculosis control', Epidemiology and Infection, 135, pp. 177 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268806007126
,2007, 'Population-based seroprevalence of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C capsular antibody before the introduction of conjugate vaccine, in Australia', Vaccine, 25, pp. 1310 - 1315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.087
,2007, 'Predictors of pneumococcal vaccination uptake in hospitalized patients aged 65 years and over shortly following the commencement of a publicly funded national pneumococcal vaccination program in Australia', Human Vaccines, 3, pp. 83 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/hv.3.3.3925
,2007, 'Sustained measles elimination in Australia and priorities for long term maintenance', Vaccine, 25, pp. 3574 - 3580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.01.090
,2007, 'The changing epidemiology of severe cytomegalovirus disease in Australia', Human Vaccines, 3, pp. 239 - 244
,2007, 'The cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Australia', Vaccine, 25, pp. 8851 - 8860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.10.009
,2007, 'The impact of a new universal infant and school-based adolescent hepatitis B vaccination program in Australia', Vaccine, 25, pp. 8637 - 8641
,2007, 'Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 2003 to 2005', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 31, pp. S1 - S152
,2006, 'Barriers to access to health care for newly resettled sub-Saharan refugees in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 594 - 597
,2006, 'Bird flu: pandemic flu is not just about probability', British Medical Journal, Compact, 332, pp. 913
,2006, 'Community perceptions about infectious disease risk posed by new arrivals: A qualitative study', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 591 - 593
,2006, 'Compulsory Vaccination and Conscientious or Philosophical Exemptions: Past, Present and Future', Lancet, 367, pp. 436 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68144-0
,2006, 'Development of a risk priority score for category A bioterrorism agents as an aid for public health policy', Military Medicine, 171, pp. 589 - 594
,2006, 'Do financial factors such as author page charges and industry funding impact on the nature of published research in infectious diseases?', Health Information and Libraries Journal, 23, pp. 214 - 222
,2006, 'Ethics and access to teaching materials in the medical library: the case of the Pernkopf atlas', Medical Journal of Australia, 184, pp. 254 - 255
,2006, 'National Serosurvey of Cytomegalovirus in Australia', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 13, pp. 1181 - 1184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00203-06
,2006, 'Pandemic influenza and critical infrastructure dependencies: possible impact on hospitals', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. S70 - S72
,2006, 'Pandemic vaccines: promises and pitfalls', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. S62 - S65
,2006, 'Reduction of broad-spectrum antibiotic use with computerized decision support in an intensive care unit', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 18, pp. 224 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzi095
,2006, 'The seroepidemiology of pertussis in Australia during an epidemic period', Epidemiology and Infection, 134, pp. 1208 - 1216
,2005, 'A boarding school outbreak of pertussis in adolescents: value of laboratory diagnostic methods', Epidemiology and Infection, 133, pp. 229 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268804003401
,2005, 'A population-based study of the impact of corticosteroid therapy and delayed diagnosis on the outcome of childhood pneumococcal meningitis', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90, pp. 391 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.037523
,2005, 'Burden of severe rotavirus disease in Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 42, pp. 521 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00915.x
,2005, 'Childhood asthma diagnosis and use of asthma medication', Australian Family Physician, 34, pp. 193 - 196
,2005, 'Cough symptoms in children aged 5-14 years in Sydney, Australia: nonspecific cough or unrecognised pertussis?', Respirology, 10, pp. 359 - 364
,2005, 'Modelling the impact of vaccination on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29, pp. 544 - 551
,2005, 'Patient knows best: blinded assessment of non-adherence with anti-tuberculous therapy by physicians, nurses and patients compared with urine drug levels', Preventive Medicine, 40, pp. 41 - 45
,2005, 'Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis: a prospective study', Neurology, 64, pp. 1317
,2004, 'Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Australia', Vaccine, 22, pp. 1138 - 1149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.09.036
,2004, 'Effectiveness of the linkage of child care and maternity payments to childhood immunisation', Vaccine, 22, pp. 2345 - 2350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.10.038
,2004, 'Reasons for incomplete immunisation in Australia: a national survey of parents', Australian Family Physician, 33, pp. 568 - 571, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15301182
,2004, 'Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 2001 to 2002', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 28, pp. 1 - 120, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-pubs-2004-cdi28suppl2-pdf-cnt.htm/$FILE/cdi28suppl2.pdf
,2003, 'A randomised, clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of hospital and community-based reminder systems for increasing uptake of influenza and pneumococcal vaccine in hospitalised patients aged 65 years and over', Gerontology, 49, pp. 33 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000066500
,2003, 'A randomised, controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of family based direct observation of anti-tuberculous therapy in an urban, developed-country setting', International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 7, pp. 848 - 854
,2003, 'Community based incidence and risk factors for all-cause childhood pneumonia in Western Sydney, Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 131, pp. 1091 - 1096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268803001365
,2003, 'Estimating immunisation coverage: is the 'third dose assumption' still valid?', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 27, pp. 357 - 361, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi2703-pdf-cnt.htm/$FILE/cdi2703e.pdf
,2003, 'Hepatitis A vaccination options for Australia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 39, pp. 83 - 87
,2003, 'Immunisation coverage in Australia after correcting for under-reporting to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 533 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00829.x
,2003, 'Immunisation myths and realities', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 39, pp. 487 - 491
,2003, 'Is lower immunisation coverage in inner-urban areas of Australian due to low uptake or poor notification?', Australian Family Physician, 32, pp. 1041 - 1043, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14708159
,2003, 'Measles vaccination coverage among five-year-old children: implications for disease elimination in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, pp. 413 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00419.x
,2003, 'The seasonality of births and abortions in NSW', Medical Science Monitor, 9, pp. CR534 - CR540
,2003, 'The seroepidemiology and transmission dynamics of varicella in Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 131, pp. 1085 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268803001134
,2003, 'Use of hospitalisation and pharmaceutical prescribing data to compare the prevaccination burden of varicella and herpes zoster in Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 131, pp. 675 - 682
,2002, 'Hospital in the home is cost saving for appropriately selected patients: A comparison with in-hospital care', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 14, pp. 285 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/14.4.285
,2002, 'Chronic Strongloides stercoralis infection in Laotian immigrants and refugees 7-20 years after resettlement in Australia', Epidemiology and Infection, 128, pp. 439 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268801006677
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