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

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Britton PN, Dale RC, Nissen MD, Crawford N, Elliott E, Macartney K, Khandaker G, Booy R, Jones CA. Parechovirus encephalitis and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Pediatrics 2016;137:e20152848. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-2848. [Full text]

Britton PN, Khoury L, Booy R, Wood N, Jones CA. Encephalitis in Australian children: contemporary trends in hospitalisation. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016;101:51-6. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308468. [Full text]

Britton PN, Dale RC, Elliott E, Festa M, Macartney K, Booy R, Jones CA. Pilot surveillance for childhood encephalitis in Australia using the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) network. Epidemiology and Infection 2016;144:2117-27. doi: 10.1017/S0950268816000340. [Full Text]

Macartney KK, Gidding HF, Trinh L, Wang H, McRae J, Crawford N, Gold M, Kynaston A, Blyth C, Zurynski Y, Elliott E, Booy R, Buttery J, Marshall H, Nissen M, Richmond P, McIntyre PB, Wood N. Febrile seizures following measles and varicella vaccines in young children in Australia. Vaccine 2015;33:1412-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.10.071. [Abstract]

Britton PN, Eastwood K, Paterson B, Durrheim DN, Dale RC, Cheng AC, Kenedi C, Brew BJ, Burrow J, Nagree Y, Leman P, Smith DW, Read K, Booy R, Jones CA. Consensus guidelines for the investigation and management of encephalitis in adults and children in Australia and New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal 2015;45:563-76. doi: 10.1111/imj.12749. [Full text]

Britton PN, Dale RC, Booy R, Jones CA. Acute encephalitis in children: progress and priorities from an Australasian perspective. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2015;51:147-58. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12650. [Full text]

Quinn HE, Wood NJ, Cannings KL, Dey A, Wang H, Menzies RI, Moberley S, Reid S, McIntyre PB, Macartney KK. Intussusception after monovalent human rotavirus vaccine in Australia: severity and comparison of using healthcare database records versus case-confirmation to assess risk. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2014;33:959-65. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000362. [Abstract]

Khandaker G, Zurynski Y, Ridley G, Buttery J, Marshall H, Richmond PC, Royle J, Gold M, Walls T, Whitehead B, McIntyre P, Wood N, Booy R, Elliott EJ. Predictors of outcome in children hospitalised with pandemic influenza in 2009: a prospective national study. Abstract for the RACP Congress 2014 – Future Directions in Health Congress, 18–21 May 2014, Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2014;50 Suppl 2:3.. [Abstract]

Khandaker G, Zurynski Y, Ridley G, Buttery J, Marshall H, Richmond PC, Royle J, Gold M, Walls T, Whitehead B, McIntyre P, Wood N, Booy R, Elliott EJ. Clinical epidemiology and predictors of outcome in children hospitalised with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in 2009: a prospective national study. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2014;8:636-45. doi: 10.1111/irv.12286. [Full text]

Marshall HS, McIntyre P, Richmond P, Buttery JP, Royle JA, Gold MS, Wood N, Elliott EJ, Zurynski Y, Toi CS, Dwyer DE, Booy R.. Changes in patterns of hospitalized children with varicella and of associated varicella genotypes after introduction of varicella vaccine in Australia. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2013;32:530-7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31827e92b7. [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.