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

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Cheng AC, Macartney KK, Waterer GW, Kotsimbos T, Kelly PM, Blyth CC. Repeated vaccination does not appear to impact upon influenza vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization with confirmed influenza. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017;64:1564-1572. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix209. [Full Text]

Cheng AC, Holmes M, Dwyer DE, Irving LB, Korman T, Senanayake S, Macartney K, Blyth CC, Brown S, Waterer GW, Cooley L, Friedman ND, Wark P, Simpson G, Upham J, Bowler S, Brady S, Kotsimbos T, Kelly PM. Influenza epidemiology in patients admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2016: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN). Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2017;41:E337-47. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2017.41.44. [Full Text]

Macartney K, Gidding HF, Trinh L, Wang H, Dey A, Hull B, Orr K, McRae J, Richmond P, Gold M, Crawford N, Kynaston JA, McIntyre P, Wood N. Evaluation of combination measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine introduction in Australia. JAMA Pediatrics 2017;171:992-998. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1965. [Full Text]

Britton PN, Bag SK, Booy R, Sharpe CH, Owen KB, Zhao J, Irwin MJ, Jones CA. Probable epidemic Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease activity in metropolitan Sydney, 2015: combining surveillance data to cross-validate signal detection. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2017;41:E295-307. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2017.41.40. [Full Text]

Britton PN, Blyth CC, Macartney K, Dale RC, Li-Kim-Moy J, Khandaker G, Crawford NW, Marshall H, Clark JE, Elliott EJ, Booy R, Cheng AC, Jones CA. The spectrum and burden of influenza-associated neurological disease in children: combined encephalitis and influenza sentinel site surveillance from Australia, 2013-2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017;65:653-660. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix412. [Full text]

Britton PN, Dale RC, Blyth CC, Macartney K, Crawford N, Marshall H, Clark J, Elliott E, Webster RI, Cheng AC, Booy R, Jones CA. Influenza-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy identified by the Australian Childhood Encephalitis study 2013–2015. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2017;36:1021-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001650. [Full Text]

Li-Kim-Moy JP, Yin JK, Heron L, Leask J, Lambert SB, Nissen M, Sloots T, Booy R. Influenza vaccine efficacy in young children attending childcare: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2017;53:47-54. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13313. [Full text]

Li-Kim-Moy J, Yin JK, Blyth CC, Kesson A, Booy R, Cheng AC, Macartney K. Influenza hospitalizations in Australian children. Epidemiology and Infection 2017;145:1451-60. doi: 10.1017/S0950268816003381. [Full text]

McRae J, Quinn HE, Macartney K. Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) annual report 2015: prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2017;41:E280-E288. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2017.41.37. [Full Text]

Li-Kim-Moy J, Dastouri F, Rashid H, Khandaker G, Kesson A, McCaskill M, Wood N, Jones C, Zurynski Y, Macartney K, Elliott EJ, Booy R. Utility of early influenza diagnosis through point-of-care testing in children presenting to an emergency department. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2016;52:422-9. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13092. [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.