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2020

Journal Article

Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: reducing ‘number needed to test’ by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons

Lau, Colleen L., Sheel, Meru, Gass, Katherine, Fuimaono, Saipale, David, Michael C., Won, Kimberly Y., Sheridan, Sarah and Graves, Patricia M. (2020). Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: reducing ‘number needed to test’ by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (12) e0008916, e0008916-28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008916

Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: reducing ‘number needed to test’ by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons

2020

Journal Article

Supporting elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa by predicting locations of residual infection using machine learning and geostatistics

Mayfield, Helen J., Sturrock, Hugh, Arnold, Benjamin F., Andrade-Pacheco, Ricardo, Kearns, Therese, Graves, Patricia, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Gass, Katherine and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Supporting elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa by predicting locations of residual infection using machine learning and geostatistics. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 20570, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77519-8

Supporting elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa by predicting locations of residual infection using machine learning and geostatistics

2020

Journal Article

An evaluation of enhanced surveillance of hospitalised COVID-19 patients to inform the public health response in Victoria

Curtis, Stephanie J., Cutcher, Zoe, Brett, Judith A., Burrell, Simon, Richards, Michael J., Hennessy, Daneeta, Gang, Rebecca F., Lau, Colleen L. and Rowe, Stacey (2020). An evaluation of enhanced surveillance of hospitalised COVID-19 patients to inform the public health response in Victoria. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 44, 1-11. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2020.44.98

An evaluation of enhanced surveillance of hospitalised COVID-19 patients to inform the public health response in Victoria

2020

Journal Article

Low uptake of Japanese encephalitis vaccination among Australian travellers

Mills, Deborah J., Lau, Colleen L. and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2020). Low uptake of Japanese encephalitis vaccination among Australian travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 28 (3). doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa232

Low uptake of Japanese encephalitis vaccination among Australian travellers

2020

Journal Article

Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups

Lau, Colleen L., Meder, Kelley, Mayfield, Helen J., Kearns, Therese, McPherson, Brady, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Hedtke, Shannon M., Sheridan, Sarah, Gass, Katherine and Graves, Patricia M. (2020). Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (12) e0008927, 1-22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008927

Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups

2020

Journal Article

A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018

Willis, Gabriela A., Mayfield, Helen J., Kearns, Therese, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Gass, Katherine, Sheridan, Sarah, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (11) e0008854, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008854

A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018

2020

Journal Article

Influence of climate variables on the rising incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections in Queensland, Australia 2001–2016

Thomson, Rachel M., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Coffey, Cushla, Bell, Scott C., Knibbs, Luke D. and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Influence of climate variables on the rising incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections in Queensland, Australia 2001–2016. Science of the Total Environment, 740 139796, 139796. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139796

Influence of climate variables on the rising incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections in Queensland, Australia 2001–2016

2020

Journal Article

Intradermal rabies pre-exposure vaccination schedules in older travellers: comparison of immunogenicity post-primary course and post-booster

Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Ramsey, Lani, Manson, Melanie, Gilbert, Brian and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Intradermal rabies pre-exposure vaccination schedules in older travellers: comparison of immunogenicity post-primary course and post-booster. Journal of Travel Medicine, 27 (7), 1-8. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa006

Intradermal rabies pre-exposure vaccination schedules in older travellers: comparison of immunogenicity post-primary course and post-booster

2020

Journal Article

Impact of pre-departure preparation on the health and wellbeing of Australian gap year travellers

Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Lau, Colleen L., Banks, Sarah and Mills, Deborah J. (2020). Impact of pre-departure preparation on the health and wellbeing of Australian gap year travellers. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 37 101682, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101682

Impact of pre-departure preparation on the health and wellbeing of Australian gap year travellers

2020

Journal Article

First evidence of concurrent enzootic and endemic transmission of Ross River virus in the absence of marsupial reservoirs in Fiji

Togami, Eri, Gyawali, Narayan, Ong, Oselyne, Kama, Mike, Cao-Lormeau, Van -Mai, Aubry, Maite, Ko, I. Albert, Nilles, Eric J., Collins-Emerson, Julie M., Devine, Gregor J., Weinstein, Philip and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). First evidence of concurrent enzootic and endemic transmission of Ross River virus in the absence of marsupial reservoirs in Fiji. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 96, 94-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.048

First evidence of concurrent enzootic and endemic transmission of Ross River virus in the absence of marsupial reservoirs in Fiji

2020

Journal Article

Electronic immunization registers – a tool for mitigating outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Pacific

Sheel, Meru, Tippins, Ashley, Glass, Kathryn, Kirk, Martyn and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Electronic immunization registers – a tool for mitigating outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Pacific. Vaccine, 38 (28), 4395-4398. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.04.071

Electronic immunization registers – a tool for mitigating outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Pacific

2020

Journal Article

Bacteriology and antimicrobial resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

Foxlee, Nicola D., Townell, Nicola, Tosul, Mary Ann L., McIver, Lachlan and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Bacteriology and antimicrobial resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019. Antibiotics, 9 (4) 151, 151. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9040151

Bacteriology and antimicrobial resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

2020

Journal Article

Demographic, socioeconomic and disease knowledge factors, but not population mobility, associated with lymphatic filariasis infection in adult workers in American Samoa in 2014

Graves, Patricia M., Sheridan, Sarah, Fuimaono, Saipale and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Demographic, socioeconomic and disease knowledge factors, but not population mobility, associated with lymphatic filariasis infection in adult workers in American Samoa in 2014. Parasites and Vectors, 13 (1) 125, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-3996-4

Demographic, socioeconomic and disease knowledge factors, but not population mobility, associated with lymphatic filariasis infection in adult workers in American Samoa in 2014

2020

Journal Article

Zika seroprevalence declines and neutralizing antibodies wane in adults following outbreaks in French Polynesia and Fiji

Henderson, Alasdair D., Aubry, Maite, Kama, Mike, Vanhomwegen, Jessica, Teissier, Anita, Mariteragi-Helle, Teheipuaura, Paoaafaite, Tuterarii, Teissier, Yoann, Manuguerra, Jean-Claude, Edmunds, John, Whitworth, Jimmy, Watson, Conall H., Lau, Colleen L., Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai and Kucharski, Adam J. (2020). Zika seroprevalence declines and neutralizing antibodies wane in adults following outbreaks in French Polynesia and Fiji. Elife, 9 e48460, 1-17. doi: 10.7554/elife.48460

Zika seroprevalence declines and neutralizing antibodies wane in adults following outbreaks in French Polynesia and Fiji

2020

Journal Article

Genomic epidemiology in filarial nematodes: transforming the basis for elimination program decisions

Hedtke, Shannon M., Kuesel, Annette C., Crawford, Katie E., Graves, Patricia M., Boussinesq, Michel, Lau, Colleen L., Boakye, Daniel A. and Grant, Warwick N. (2020). Genomic epidemiology in filarial nematodes: transforming the basis for elimination program decisions. Frontiers in Genetics, 10 1282, 1-24. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01282

Genomic epidemiology in filarial nematodes: transforming the basis for elimination program decisions

2020

Journal Article

Lymphatic Filariasis in 2016 in American Samoa: identifying clustering and hotspots using non-spatial and three spatial analytical methods

Wangdi, Kinley, Sheel, Meru, Fuimaono, Saipale, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Lymphatic Filariasis in 2016 in American Samoa: identifying clustering and hotspots using non-spatial and three spatial analytical methods. SSRN Electronic Journal, 16 (3) e0010262, e0010262. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3702976

Lymphatic Filariasis in 2016 in American Samoa: identifying clustering and hotspots using non-spatial and three spatial analytical methods

2020

Journal Article

Risk factors for acquisition of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales among international travellers: a synthesis of cumulative evidence

Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Stone, Jennifer, Yakob, Laith, Kirk, Martyn, Collignon, Peter, Mills, Deborah J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Risk factors for acquisition of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales among international travellers: a synthesis of cumulative evidence. Journal of Travel Medicine, 27 (1) taz083, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taz083

Risk factors for acquisition of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales among international travellers: a synthesis of cumulative evidence

2020

Journal Article

Travel connectivity and infectious disease transmission risks in Oceania

Cadavid Restrepo, Angela Maria, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Mayfield, Helen, Nilles, Eric J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Travel connectivity and infectious disease transmission risks in Oceania. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3709854

Travel connectivity and infectious disease transmission risks in Oceania

2019

Journal Article

Low chikungunya virus seroprevalence two years after emergence in Fiji

Aubry, Maite, Kama, Mike, D Henderson, Alasdair, Teissier, Anita, Vanhomwegen, Jessica, Mariteragi-Helle, Teheipuaura, Paoaafaite, Tuterarii, Manuguerra, Jean-Claude, Christi, Ketan, H Watson, Conall, Lau, Colleen L., Kucharski, Adam J and Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai (2019). Low chikungunya virus seroprevalence two years after emergence in Fiji. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 90, 223-225. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.10.040

Low chikungunya virus seroprevalence two years after emergence in Fiji

2019

Journal Article

Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search

Brown, Peter, Tan, Aik-Choon, El-Esawi, Mohamed A., Liehr, Thomas, Blanck, Oliver, Gladue, Douglas P., Almeida, Gabriel M. F., Cernava, Tomislav, Sorzano, Carlos O., Yeung, Andy W. K., Engel, Michael S., Chandrasekaran, Arun Richard, Muth, Thilo, Staege, Martin S., Daulatabad, Swapna V., Widera, Darius, Zhang, Junpeng, Meule, Adrian, Honjo, Ken, Pourret, Olivier, Yin, Cong-Cong, Zhang, Zhongheng, Cascella, Marco, Flegel, Willy A., Goodyear, Carl S., van Raaij, Mark J., Bukowy-Bieryllo, Zuzanna, Campana, Luca G., Kurniawan, Nicholas A. ... RELISH Consortium (2019). Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search. Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation, 2019 baz085, 1-67. doi: 10.1093/database/baz085

Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search