Katherine Gibney

Reducing mosquito-borne disease transmission to humans: A systematic review of cluster randomised controlled studies that assess interventions other than non-targeted insecticide.

Jane Oliver, Stuart Larsen, Tim P Stinear, Ary Hoffmann, Simon Crouch, Katherine B Gibney

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLoS Negl Trop Dis

BACKGROUND: Mosquito control interventions are widely used to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. It is unclear what combination of in..

Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Higher Among People Notified With Markers of Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Population-based Surveillance in Victoria, Australia, 2001-2017

Katherine B Gibney, Jennifer MacLachlan, Rachel Coutts, Nasra Higgins, Janet Strachan

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

BACKGROUND: Worse outcomes from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) have been reported among those coinfected with hepatitis C. We..

Multi-site assessment of rapid, point-of-care antigen testing for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a low-prevalence setting: A validation and implementation study

Stephen Muhi, Nick Tayler, Tuyet Hoang, Susan A Ballard, Maryza Graham, Amanda Rojek, Jason C Kwong, Jason A Trubiano, Olivia Smibert, George Drewett, Fiona James, Emma Gardiner, Socheata Chea, Nicole Isles, Michelle Sait, Shivani Pasricha, George Taiaroa, Julie McAuley, Eloise Williams, Katherine B Gibney, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC

Background: In Australia, COVID-19 diagnosis relies on RT-PCR testing which is relatively costly and time-consuming. To date, few ..

Optimising predictive modelling of Ross River virus using meteorological variables

Iain S Koolhof, Simon M Firestone, Silvana Bettiol, Michael Charleston, Katherine B Gibney, Peter J Neville, Andrew Jardine, Scott Carver

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

BACKGROUND: Statistical models are regularly used in the forecasting and surveillance of infectious diseases to guide public healt..

Enteric pathogen infection and consequences for child growth in young Aboriginal Australian children: a cross-sectional study

Sarah Hanieh, Siddhartha Mahanty, George Gurruwiwi, Therese Kearns, Roslyn Dhurrkay, Veronica Gondarra, Jenny Shield, Norbert Ryan, Francesca Azzato, Susan A Ballard, Nicole Orlando, Sullen Nicholson, Katherine Gibney, Julie Brimblecombe, Wendy Page, Leonard C Harrison, Beverley-Ann Biggs

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

BACKGROUND: To determine the prevalence of enteric infections in Aboriginal children aged 0-2 years using conventional and molecul..

Buruli ulcer: a new case definition for Victoria

Juliana M Betts, Ee Laine Tay, Paul DR Johnson, Caroline J Lavender, Katherine B Gibney, Daniel P O'Brien, Maria Globan, Nectaria Tzimourtas, Miriam A O'Hara, Simon R Crouch

Journal article  |  2020  |  COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE

Abstract: Laboratory-confirmed infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans is currently notifiable to health departments in several juri..

Emergence of Attenuated Measles Illness Among IgG-positive/IgM-negative Measles Cases: Victoria, Australia, 2008-2017

Katherine B Gibney, Lucy O Attwood, Suellen Nicholson, Thomas Tran, Julian Druce, Julia Healy, Janet Strachan, Lucinda Franklin, Robert Hall, Gail B Cross

Journal article  |  2020  |  CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

BACKGROUND: Waning measles immunity among vaccinated individuals may result in an attenuated illness. This study compares the epid..

The forecasting of dynamical Ross River virus outbreaks: Victoria, Australia

Iain S Koolhof, Katherine B Gibney, Silvana Bettiol, Michael Charleston, Anke Wiethoelter, Anna-Lena Arnold, Patricia T Campbell, Peter J Neville, Phyo Aung, Tsubasa Shiga, Scott Carver, Simon M Firestone

Journal article  |  2020  |  EPIDEMICS

Ross River virus (RRV) is Australia's most epidemiologically important mosquito-borne disease. During RRV epidemics in the State o..

The global burden of non-typhoidal salmonella invasive disease: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

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Journal article  |  2019  |  Lancet Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Non-typhoidal salmonella invasive disease is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Malnourished children, t..

Infectious Disease Notification Practices in Victoria, 2016-17.

Cassidy K Nelson, Lucinda J Franklin, Katherine B Gibney

Journal article  |  2019  |  Commun Dis Intell (2018)

Introduction: Infectious disease surveillance in Victoria, Australia is based upon a legislated requirement for doctors and labora..