Publications

Wositzky M, Louise J, D'Angelo N, Wood N, Richmond P, Blyth CC, Buttery J, Clark J, Elliott EJ, Francis JR, Macartney K, Marshall HS, Wang B; PAEDS investigators and Nurses. Invasive meningococcal disease in Australian children 2016-2022: a multicenter, prospective surveillance study of serogroup distribution and clinical presentation in the meningococcal vaccine era. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2026. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000005214 . [Full text]

Wadia U, Richmond PC, Britton PN, Carr J, Clark JE, Crawford NW, Hung TY, Marshall HS, Macartney KK, Wood NJ, McMullan BJ, Moore HC, Effler PV, Cheng AC, Blyth CC; PAEDS-FluCAN Network. Impact and effectiveness of Australia's 2025 hybrid RSV immunisation program: results from the PAEDS-FluCAN Network. Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific 2026;73:101938. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101938. [Full text]

Sawires R, Engwerda A, Khair Baik M, Britton PN, Burgner DP. Lesson from practice: not gone, should not be forgotten: recognising PIMS-TS cases in a post-pandemic world. Medical Journal of Australia 2026;224:e70181. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70181. [Full Text]

Rice E, Cheng AC, Britton PN, Carr J, Clark JE, Crawford NW, Francis JR, Macartney KK, Marshall HS, Wood NJ, Blyth CC; PAEDS-FluCAN network. Influenza epidemiology, treatment and prevention in Australian children: trends from 6 years of PAEDS-FluCAN influenza surveillance (2019-2024). Vaccine 2026;82:128592. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128592 (Epub). [Full text]

Blyth CC, Wadia U, Britton PN, Carr J, Clark JE, Crawford NW, Hung TY, Macartney KK, Marshall HS, Wood NJ, Kotsimbos T, Kelly PM, Cheng AC; FluCAN-PAEDS network. Respiratory syncytial virus epidemiology and effectiveness of infant nirsevimab: 2024 results from the Australian Sentinel Hospital Network (FluCAN-PAEDS). Euro Surveillence 2026;31:2500275. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.2.2500275. [Full Text]

Koirala AH, Prasad SA, Britton PN, Wood NO, Richmond PC, McMullan BN, Crawford NW, Marshall HS, Francis LU, Wills ME, Leighton EM, Macartney K, Bolsewicz KR. Understanding motivation and experience in participating in a paediatric SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey, in Australia. Vaccine: X 2025;27:100716. doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2025.100716 (Epub). [Full text]

McRae JE, Huang YA, Baik MK, Wood N, Hassall J, Tsang T, Carr J, Clark JE, Crawford NW, Francis J, Marshall H, McMullan B, Carey E, Cheng AC, Blyth CC, Macartney K; FluCAN investigators, the PAEDS network. COVID-19 and influenza deaths in Australian children 2018-2023: a national case analysis. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2025:piaf099. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaf099 (Epub). [Full text]

DuBray K, Phan K, Anglemyer A, Burell R, Blyth CC, Carr J, Clark JE, Crawford NW, Francis J, Marshall H, McMullan BJ, Waak M, Dale RC, Jones CA, Carey E, Macartney K, Wood N, Britton PN; PAEDS Network. The spectrum and burden of COVID-19 associated neurologic disease in Australian children 2020-2023. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2025. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004830 (Epub). [Abstract]

White E, Baik MK, Zahir SF, Blyth CC, Carr J, Crawford NW, Francis JR, Marshall HS, Carey E, Macartney K, McMullan B, Wood N, Britton PN, Clark JE; PAEDS network. Management and outcomes of children hospitalised with COVID-19 including incidental and nosocomial infections in Australia 2020-2023: a national surveillance study. Journal of Clinical Virology 2025;179:105824. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2025.105824 (Epub). [Abstract]

Wen SC, Harris PN, Forde B, Permana B, Chatfield MD, Lau CL, Spurling G, Bauer MJ, Balch R, Chambers H, Schlapbach LJ, Clark JE, Dougherty S, Blyth CC, Britton PN, Clifford V, Haeusler GM, McMullan B, Wadia U, Paterson DL, Irwin AD; PAEDS network. Characterization of gram-negative bloodstream infections in hospitalised Australian children and their clinical outcomes. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2024:ciae341. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae341 (Epub) . [Full text]