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2018

Journal Article

A systematic review of human and animal leptospirosis in the Pacific Islands reveals pathogen and reservoir diversity

Guernier, Vanina, Goarant, Cyrille, Benschop, Jackie and Lau, Colleen L. (2018). A systematic review of human and animal leptospirosis in the Pacific Islands reveals pathogen and reservoir diversity. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (5) e0006503, e0006503. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006503

A systematic review of human and animal leptospirosis in the Pacific Islands reveals pathogen and reservoir diversity

2018

Journal Article

Use of geographically weighted logistic regression to quantify spatial variation in the environmental and sociodemographic drivers of leptospirosis in Fiji: a modelling study

Mayfield, Helen J., Lowry, John H., Watson, Conall H., Kama, Mike, Nilles, Eric J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2018). Use of geographically weighted logistic regression to quantify spatial variation in the environmental and sociodemographic drivers of leptospirosis in Fiji: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2 (5), e223-e232. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30066-4

Use of geographically weighted logistic regression to quantify spatial variation in the environmental and sociodemographic drivers of leptospirosis in Fiji: a modelling study

2018

Journal Article

Another emerging mosquito-borne disease? Endemic ross river virus transmission in the absence of marsupial reservoirs

Flies, Emily J., Lau, Colleen L., Carver, Scott and Weinstein, Philip (2018). Another emerging mosquito-borne disease? Endemic ross river virus transmission in the absence of marsupial reservoirs. Bioscience, 68 (4), 288-293. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biy011

Another emerging mosquito-borne disease? Endemic ross river virus transmission in the absence of marsupial reservoirs

2018

Journal Article

Leptospirosis: an important zoonosis acquired through work, play and travel

Lau, Colleen L., Townell, Nicola, Stephenson, Eloise, van den Berg, Debra and Craig, Scott B. (2018). Leptospirosis: an important zoonosis acquired through work, play and travel. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47 (3), 105-110. doi: 10.31128/AFP-07-17-4286

Leptospirosis: an important zoonosis acquired through work, play and travel

2018

Journal Article

Role of environmental factors in shaping spatial distribution of salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Fiji

de Alwis, Ruklanthi, Watson, Conall, Nikolay, Birgit, Lowry, John H., Thieu, Nga Tran Vu, Van, Tan Trinh, Ngoc, Dung Tran Thi, Rawalai, Kitione, Taufa, Mere, Coriakula, Jerimaia, Lau, Colleen L., Nilles, Eric J., Edmunds, W. John, Kama, Mike, Baker, Stephen and Cano, Jorge (2018). Role of environmental factors in shaping spatial distribution of salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Fiji. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24 (2), 284-293. doi: 10.3201/eid2402.170704

Role of environmental factors in shaping spatial distribution of salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Fiji

2018

Conference Publication

Using paired serology and surveillance data to quantify dengue transmission and control during a large outbreak in Fiji

Kucharski, Adam, Kama, Mike, Watson, Conall, Aubry, Maite, Funk, Sebastian, Henderson, Alasdair, Brady, Oliver, Vanhomwegen, Jessica, Manuguerra, Jean-Claude, Lau, Colleen, Edmunds, John, Aaskov, John, Nilles, Eric, Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai, Hue, Stephane and Hibberd, Martin (2018). Using paired serology and surveillance data to quantify dengue transmission and control during a large outbreak in Fiji. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Using paired serology and surveillance data to quantify dengue transmission and control during a large outbreak in Fiji

2018

Conference Publication

EVIDENCE OF SHORT-TERM CROSS-IMMUNITY BETWEEN DENGUE AND ZIKA VIRUSES INFERRED USING LONGITUDINAL SEROLOGICAL AND SURVEILLANCE DATA FROM FIJI, 2013-2017

Henderson, Alasdair, Kama, Mike, Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai, Lau, Colleen, Edmunds, John, Watson, Conall and Kucharski, Adam (2018). EVIDENCE OF SHORT-TERM CROSS-IMMUNITY BETWEEN DENGUE AND ZIKA VIRUSES INFERRED USING LONGITUDINAL SEROLOGICAL AND SURVEILLANCE DATA FROM FIJI, 2013-2017. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans La, Oct 28-Nov 01, 2018. MCLEAN: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.

EVIDENCE OF SHORT-TERM CROSS-IMMUNITY BETWEEN DENGUE AND ZIKA VIRUSES INFERRED USING LONGITUDINAL SEROLOGICAL AND SURVEILLANCE DATA FROM FIJI, 2013-2017

2018

Conference Publication

A novel quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Ross River virus

Kuzma, Rebecca, Grant, Jessica, Pilotte, Nils, Hugo, Leon, Devine, Gregor, Lau, Colleen and Williams, Steven (2018). A novel quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Ross River virus. 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Arlington, VA, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

A novel quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Ross River virus

2018

Journal Article

A large Leptospirosis outbreak following successive severe floods in Fiji, 2012

Togami, Eri, Kama, Mike, Goarant, Cyrille, Craig, Scott B., Lau, Colleen, Ritter, Jana M., Imrie, Allison, Ko, Albert I. and Nilles, Eric J. (2018). A large Leptospirosis outbreak following successive severe floods in Fiji, 2012. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99 (4), 849-851. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0335

A large Leptospirosis outbreak following successive severe floods in Fiji, 2012

2018

Conference Publication

Modelling lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa long-term population dynamics and spatially heterogeneous risks

Xu, Zhijing, Glass, Kathryn, Lau, Colleen, Geard, Nicholas, Graves, Patricia and Clements, Archie (2018). Modelling lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa long-term population dynamics and spatially heterogeneous risks. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Modelling lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa long-term population dynamics and spatially heterogeneous risks

2018

Conference Publication

Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa - household clustering of seropositive persons and implications for surveillance strategies

Lau, Colleen, Sheel, Meru, Sheridan, Sarah, Gass, Katherine, Won, Kimberly, Fuimaono, Saipale and Graves, Patricia (2018). Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa - household clustering of seropositive persons and implications for surveillance strategies. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa - household clustering of seropositive persons and implications for surveillance strategies

2018

Conference Publication

Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration - comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance, American Samoa, 2016

Sheel, Meru, Sheridan, Sarah, Gass, Katherine, Won, Kimberly, Fuimaono, Saipale, Kirk, Martyn, Gonzales, Amor, Hedtke, Shannon, Graves, Patricia and Lau, Colleen (2018). Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration - comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance, American Samoa, 2016. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration - comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance, American Samoa, 2016

2017

Journal Article

A synthetic population for modelling the dynamics of infectious disease transmission in American Samoa

Xu, Zhijing, Glass, Kathryn, Lau, Colleen L., Geard, Nicholas, Graves, Patricia and Clements, Archie (2017). A synthetic population for modelling the dynamics of infectious disease transmission in American Samoa. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 16725, 16725. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17093-8

A synthetic population for modelling the dynamics of infectious disease transmission in American Samoa

2017

Journal Article

Social mixing in Fiji: Who-eats-with-whom contact patterns and the implications of age and ethnic heterogeneity for disease dynamics in the Pacific Islands

Watson, Conall H., Coriakula, Jeremaia, Ngoc, Dung Tran Thi, Flasche, Stefan, Kucharski, Adam J., Lau, Colleen L., Thieu, Nga Tran Vu, Le Polain De Waroux, Olivier, Rawalai, Kitione, Van, Tan Trinh, Taufa, Mere, Baker, Stephen, Nilles, Eric J., Kama, Mike and Edmunds, W. John (2017). Social mixing in Fiji: Who-eats-with-whom contact patterns and the implications of age and ethnic heterogeneity for disease dynamics in the Pacific Islands. PLoS ONE, 12 (12) e0186911, e0186911. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186911

Social mixing in Fiji: Who-eats-with-whom contact patterns and the implications of age and ethnic heterogeneity for disease dynamics in the Pacific Islands

2017

Journal Article

Spatiotemporal distribution and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections following an eight-year school-based deworming programme in Burundi, 2007-2014

Assoum, Mohamad, Ortu, Giuseppina, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie C A, Halton, Kate, Fenwick, Alan and Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J (2017). Spatiotemporal distribution and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections following an eight-year school-based deworming programme in Burundi, 2007-2014. Parasites & vectors, 10 (1) 583, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2505-x

Spatiotemporal distribution and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections following an eight-year school-based deworming programme in Burundi, 2007-2014

2017

Journal Article

Unravelling infectious disease eco-epidemiology using Bayesian networks and scenario analysis: a case study of leptospirosis in Fiji

Lau, Colleen L., Mayfield, Helen J., Lowry, John H., Watson, Conall H., Kama, Mike, Nilles, Eric J. and Smith, Carl S. (2017). Unravelling infectious disease eco-epidemiology using Bayesian networks and scenario analysis: a case study of leptospirosis in Fiji. Environmental Modelling & Software, 97 (November), 271-286. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.08.004

Unravelling infectious disease eco-epidemiology using Bayesian networks and scenario analysis: a case study of leptospirosis in Fiji

2017

Conference Publication

PREDICTING INFECTION DISTRIBUTION AND BURDEN OF DISEASE USING SPATIOTEMPORAL MODELS FOLLOWING A SEVEN YEAR MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AND LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN BURUNDI: 2008-2014

Assoum, Mohamad, Magalhaes, Ricardo S., Ortu, Giuseppina, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie, Basanez, Maria-Gloria and Halton, Kate (2017). PREDICTING INFECTION DISTRIBUTION AND BURDEN OF DISEASE USING SPATIOTEMPORAL MODELS FOLLOWING A SEVEN YEAR MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AND LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN BURUNDI: 2008-2014. 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta Ga, Nov 13-16, 2016. MCLEAN: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.

PREDICTING INFECTION DISTRIBUTION AND BURDEN OF DISEASE USING SPATIOTEMPORAL MODELS FOLLOWING A SEVEN YEAR MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AND LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN BURUNDI: 2008-2014

2017

Conference Publication

Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence

Owada, Kei, Nielsen, Mark, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie, Yakob, Laith and Magalhaes, Ricardo J. Soares (2017). Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, GA United States, 13-16 November, 2016. Deerfield, IL United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence

2017

Conference Publication

Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa: evaluation of molecular xenomonitoring as a surveillance tool in the endgame

Lau, Colleen L., Won, Kimberly Y., Lammie, Patrick J. and Graves, Patricia M. (2017). Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa: evaluation of molecular xenomonitoring as a surveillance tool in the endgame. 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, GA, United States, 13-16 November 2016. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa: evaluation of molecular xenomonitoring as a surveillance tool in the endgame

2017

Conference Publication

LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS RESIDUAL TRANSMISSION HOTSPOTS IN AMERICAN SAMOA

Graves, Patricia M., Lau, Colleen, Roineau, Maureen, Ryan, Stephanie, Andreosso, Athena, Sheridan, Sarah, Fuimano, Saipale and Tufa, Joseph (2017). LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS RESIDUAL TRANSMISSION HOTSPOTS IN AMERICAN SAMOA. 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta Ga, Nov 13-16, 2016. MCLEAN: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.

LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS RESIDUAL TRANSMISSION HOTSPOTS IN AMERICAN SAMOA