Australia’s active hospital-based surveillance for severe childhood disease

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McRae J, Blyth CC, Cheng AC, Quinn HE, Wood N, Macartney KK. Preventing severe influenza in Australian infants: maternal influenza vaccine effectiveness in the PAEDS-FluCAN networks using the test-negative design. Vaccine 2022;40:2761-2771. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.03.042. [Abstract]

McRae JE, Blyth CC, Cheng AC, Quinn HE, Wood NJ and Macartney KK on behalf of the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) and Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) Investigators. Risk factors and disease severity in Australian infants hospitalised with influenza 2011-2019. JAMA Paediatrics 2022;58:848-855. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15857. [Full Text]

Williams P, Koirala A, Saravanos G, Lopez L, Glover C, Sharma K, Williams W, Carey E, Shaw N, Dickens E, Sitaram N, Ging J, Bray P, Crawford N, McMullan B, Macartney K, Wood N, Fulton B, Lau C, Britton P. COVID-19 in NSW children during 2021: severity and disease spectrum. Medical Journal of Australia 2022;217:303-06. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51661. [Full Text]

Walker LJ, Thorley BR, Morris A, Elliott EJ, Saul N, Britton PN on behalf of the Australian Polio Expert Panel. Using the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system to identify cases of acute flaccid myelitis in Australia, 2000-2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022;28:20-28. doi: 10.3201/eid2801.211690. [Full text]

Carlson SJ, McRae J, Wiley K, Leask J, Macartney K. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding influenza vaccination among parents of infants hospitalised for acute respiratory infection in Australia. Public Health Research & Practice 2022;32:e32012202. doi: 10.17061/phrp32012202. [Full text]

Saravanos G, Hsu P, Isaacs D, Macartney K, Wood N, Britton P. Respiratory syncytial virus-attributable deaths in a tertiary paediatric hospital in New South Wales, Australia, 1998-2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2022;41:186-191. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003398 . [Full Text]

Quinn HE, Comeau JL, Marshall HS, Elliott EJ, Crawford NW, Blyth CC, Kynaston JA, Snelling TL, Richmond PC, Macartney KK, McIntyre PB, Wood NJ. Pertussis disease and antenatal vaccine effectiveness in Australian infants. Paediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2022;41:180-185. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003367. [Full Text]

Wurzel D, McMinn A, Hoq M, Blyth C, Burgner D, Tosif S, Buttery J, Carr J, Clark J, Cheng AC, Dinsmore N, Francis J, Kynaston A, Lucas R, Marshall H, McMullan B, Singh-Grewal D, Wood N, Macartney K, Britton PN, Crawford NW. Prospective characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children presenting to tertiary paediatric hospitals across Australia in 2020: a national cohort study. BMJ Open 2021;11:e054510. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054510. [Full Text]

Carlson SJ, Quinn HE, Blyth CC, Cheng A, Clark J, Francis JR, Marshall HS, Macartney K, Leask J. Barriers to influenza vaccination of children hospitalised for acute respiratory illness: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health 2021;57:409-18. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15235. [Full Text]

Saravanos G, Wood N, King C, Dinsmore N, Deng L, Britton P and PAEDS. Respiratory syncytial virus-associated neurological disease: a systematic review and aggregated case series. Journal of Pediatrics 2021;239:39-49.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.06.045 . [Full Text]

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We acknowledge that the National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS) is on the land of the traditional owners the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the First Australians, and recognise their culture, history, diversity and their deep connection to the land. Together, through research and partnership, we aim to move to a place of equity for all. NCIRS also acknowledges and pays respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations from which our research, staff and community are drawn.