Ross Andrews

National predictors of influenza vaccine uptake in pregnancy: the FluMum prospective cohort study, Australia, 2012-2015

Lisa McHugh, Kerry-Ann F O'Grady, Terry Nolan, Peter C Richmond, Nicholas Wood, Helen S Marshall, Stephen B Lambert, Mark D Chatfield, Kirsten P Perrett, Paula Binks, Michael J Binks, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

OBJECTIVE: Ascertain predictors of inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) uptake in pregnancy in mother-infant pairs from six Austral..

Effectiveness of Meningococcal Vaccines at Reducing Invasive Meningococcal Disease and Pharyngeal Neisseria meningitidis Carriage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Mark McMillan, Abira Chandrakumar, Hua Lin Rachael Wang, Michelle Clarke, Thomas R Sullivan, Ross M Andrews, Mary Ramsay, Helen S Marshall

Journal article  |  2021  |  Clin Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), caused by Neisseria meningitidis, leads to significant morbidity and mortality w..

Levels of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage and indirect protection against invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia hospitalisations in Australia: An observational study

Jocelyn Chan, Heather F Gidding, Christopher C Blyth, Parveen Fathima, Sanjay Jayasinghe, Peter B McIntyre, Hannah C Moore, Kim Mulholland, Cattram D Nguyen, Ross Andrews, Fiona M Russell

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: There is limited empiric evidence on the coverage of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) required to generate subst..

Strongyloides stercoralis seropositivity is not associated with increased symptoms in a remote Aboriginal community.

Martin Hansen, Emily Bowden, Bart J Currie, Linda Ward, Ross M Andrews, Roslyn Gundjirryirr Dhurrkay, George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Therese Kearns

Journal article  |  2021  |  Intern Med J

BACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth, endemic in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comm..

Impact of Meningococcal B (4CMenB) Vaccine on Pharyngeal Neisseria meningitidis Carriage Density and Persistence in Adolescents.

Mark McMillan, Luke Walters, Thomas Sullivan, Lex EX Leong, Mark Turra, Andrew Lawrence, Ann P Koehler, Adam Finn, Ross M Andrews, Helen S Marshall

Journal article  |  2021  |  Clin Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Higher density of Neisseria meningitidis carriage may be associated with transmission of the meningococcus. Our aim wa..

Interchangeability, immunogenicity and safety of a combined 10-valent pneumococcal Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (Synflorix) and 13-valent-PCV (Prevenar13) schedule at 1-2-4-6 months: PREVIX_COMBO, a 3-arm randomised controlled trial.

Amanda Jane Leach, Edward Kim Mulholland, Mathuram Santosham, Paul John Torzillo, Peter McIntyre, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Nicole Wilson, Beth Arrowsmith, Jemima Beissbarth, Mark D Chatfield, Victor M Oguoma, Paul Licciardi, Sue Skull, Ross Andrews, Jonathan Carapetis, Joseph McDonnell, Vicki Krause, Peter Stanley Morris

Journal article  |  2021  |  Vaccine X

Background: Aboriginal children living in remote communities are at high risk of early and persistent otitis media. Streptococcus ..

Adverse Events Following Immunization With Combined vs Concurrent Monovalent Hepatitis A and Typhoid Vaccines in Children.

Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Paul Dutton, Alan Leeb, Deborah J Mills, Ross Andrews, Colleen L Lau

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc

Combined hepatitis A and typhoid vaccine is available in Australia, but licensed for use from age 16 years; however it is used "of..

Investigating inequities in cardiovascular care and outcomes for Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: protocol for a hospital-based retrospective cohort data linkage project.

Therese Kearns, Abbey Diaz, Lisa J Whop, Suzanne P Moore, John R Condon, Ross M Andrews, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Veronica Matthews, William Wang, Trisha Johnston, Catherine Taylor, Boyd Potts, Alex Kathage, Abdulla Suleman, Lucy Stanley, Louise Mitchell, Gail Garvey, Daniel Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents a significant burden of disease for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pe..

Defining the need for public health control of scabies in Solomon Islands

Susanna J Lake, Daniel Engelman, Oliver Sokana, Titus Nasi, Dickson Boara, Anneke C Grobler, Millicent H Osti, Ross Andrews, Michael Marks, Margot J Whitfeld, Lucia Romani, John M Kaldor, Andrew C Steer

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Pacific Island countries have a high burden of scabies and impetigo. Understanding of the epidemiology of these diseases is needed..

Effectiveness of quadrivalent influenza vaccination in the first year of a funded childhood program in Queensland, Australia, 2018.

Dharshi Thangarajah, Jonathan A Malo, Emma Field, Ross Andrews, Robert S Ware, Stephen B Lambert

Journal article  |  2021  |  Vaccine

BACKGROUND: Following high influenza activity in 2017, the state of Queensland, Australia, funded a quadrivalent inactivated influ..