Ross Andrews

Timing and temporal trends of influenza and pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy in three Australian jurisdictions: The Links2HealthierBubs population-based linked cohort study, 2012-2017.

Lisa Mchugh, Paul Van Buynder, Mohinder Sarna, Ross M Andrews, Hannah C Moore, Michael J Binks, Gavin Pereira, Christopher C Blyth, Karin Lust, Damien Foo, Annette K Regan

Journal article  |  2023  |  Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol

BACKGROUND: Antenatal inactivated influenza (IIV) and pertussis-containing vaccines (dTpa) offer protection against severe respira..

Immunogenicity, otitis media, hearing impairment, and nasopharyngeal carriage 6-months after 13-valent or ten-valent booster pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, stratified by mixed priming schedules: PREVIX_COMBO and PREVIX_BOOST randomised controlled trials.

Amanda Jane Leach, Nicole Wilson, Beth Arrowsmith, Jemima Beissbarth, Edward Kim Mulholland, Mathuram Santosham, Paul John Torzillo, Peter McIntyre, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Mark D Chatfield, Deborah Lehmann, Michael Binks, Anne B Chang, Jonathan Carapetis, Vicki Krause, Ross Andrews, Tom Snelling, Sue A Skull, Paul V Licciardi, Victor M Oguoma, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  Lancet Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Australian First Nations children are at very high risk of early, recurrent, and persistent bacterial otitis media and..

Discord between presence of follicular conjunctivitis and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a single Torres Strait Island community: a cross-sectional survey.

Kathleen D Lynch, Garry Brian, Tomasina Ahwang, Tomi Newie, Victoria Newie, Christine Perrett, Ghislaine Wharton, Anthony Brown, Sarah Tozer, John M Kaldor, Lisa J Whop, Ross M Andrews, Stephen B Lambert

Journal article  |  2022  |  Aust N Z J Public Health

OBJECTIVE: Recent surveys identified trachomatous inflammation - follicular (TF) at endemic levels in the Torres Strait Islands; h..

An Observational Study to Assess the Effectiveness of 4CMenB against Meningococcal Disease and Carriage and Gonorrhea in Adolescents in the Northern Territory, Australia-Study Protocol.

Helen S Marshall, Prabha H Andraweera, James Ward, John Kaldor, Ross Andrews, Kristine Macartney, Peter Richmond, Vicki Krause, Ann Koehler, David Whiley, Lynne Giles, Rosalind Webby, Heather D'Antoine, Jonathan Karnon, Rob Baird, Andrew Lawrence, Helen Petousis-Harris, Philippe De Wals, Belinda Greenwood-Smith, Michael Binks, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  Vaccines (Basel)

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide with serogroup B being the predominant s..

Transplacental transfer of RSV antibody in Australian First Nations infants.

Nusrat Homaira, Michael Binks, Gregory Walker, Natasha Larter, Katrina Clark, Megan Campbell, Lisa McHugh, Nancy Briggs, Joyce Nyiro, Sacha Stelzer-Braid, Nan Hu, Kristine Macartney, Tom Snelling, Saad B Omer, William Rawlinson, Ross Andrews, Adam Jaffe

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Med Virol

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of acute lower respiratory infection hospitalisations in Aboriginal infants..

Evidence of maternal transfer of antigen-specific antibodies in serum and breast milk to infants at high-risk of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae disease.

Kelly M Martinovich, Elke J Seppanen, Amy S Bleakley, Sharon L Clark, Ross M Andrews, Peter C Richmond, Michael J Binks, Ruth B Thornton, Lea-Ann S Kirkham

Journal article  |  2022  |  Front Immunol

INTRODUCTION: Children in low-mid income countries, and First Nations children in high-income countries, experience disproportiona..

Drivers of the summer influenza epidemic in New South Wales, 2018-19.

Celeste K Marsh, Vicky Sheppeard, Sean Tobin, Robin Gilmour, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2022  |  Med J Aust

OBJECTIVES: To assess the extent to which the 2018-19 New South Wales summer influenza epidemic was associated with overseas or do..

Convergence of surveillance blind spots with antimicrobial resistance hotspots.

Teresa M Wozniak, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Ross Andrews

Journal article  |  2021  |  Aust N Z J Public Health

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..