Ross Andrews

The ORVAC trial protocol: a phase IV, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial of a third scheduled dose of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine in Australian Indigenous infants to improve protection against gastroenteritis.

Bianca Fleur Middleton, Mark A Jones, Claire S Waddington, Margaret Danchin, Carly McCallum, Sarah Gallagher, Amanda Jane Leach, Ross Andrews, Carl Kirkwood, Nigel Cunliffe, Jonathan Carapetis, Julie A Marsh, Tom Snelling

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Rotavirus vaccines were introduced into the Australian National Immunisation Program in 2007. Despite this, Northern..

Giardia duodenalis infection in the context of a community-based deworming and water, sanitation and hygiene trial in Timor-Leste

Jessica YH Aw, Naomi E Clarke, James S McCarthy, Rebecca J Traub, Salvador Amaral, Md Hamidul Huque, Ross M Andrews, Darren J Gray, Archie CA Clements, Susana Vaz Nery

Journal article  |  2019  |  Parasites & Vectors

BACKGROUND: Giardiasis is a common diarrhoeal disease caused by the protozoan Giardia duodenalis. It is prevalent in low-income co..

Safety, equity and monitoring: a review of the gaps in maternal vaccination strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Lisa McHugh, Kristy Crooks, Amy Creighton, Michael Binks, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2019  |  Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Influenza and pertussis infections are disproportionately higher among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their infan..

Influenza vaccination in pregnancy among a group of remote dwelling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers in the Northern Territory: The 1 1 Healthy Start to Life study.

Lisa McHugh, Michael J Binks, Yu Gao, Ross M Andrews, Robert S Ware, Tom Snelling, Sue Kildea

Journal article  |  2019  |  Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Remote-living Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience a higher burden of influenza infection during pregnancy than ..

Mass Drug Administration for Scabies-2 Years of Follow-up

Lucia Romani, Margot J Whitfeld, Josefa Koroivueta, Mike Kama, Handan Wand, Lisi Tikoduadua, Meciusela Tuicakau, Aminiasi Koroi, Ross M Andrews, John M Kaldor, Andrew C Steer

Journal article  |  2019  |  New England Journal of Medicine

'Links2HealthierBubs' cohort study: protocol for a record linkage study on the safety, uptake and effectiveness of influenza and pertussis vaccines among pregnant Australian women.

Mohinder Sarna, Ross Andrews, Hannah Moore, Michael J Binks, Lisa McHugh, Gavin F Pereira, Christopher C Blyth, Paul Van Buynder, Karin Lust, Paul Effler, Stephen B Lambert, Saad B Omer, Donna B Mak, Thomas Snelling, Heather A D'Antoine, Peter McIntyre, Nicholas de Klerk, Damien Foo, Annette K Regan

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Pregnant women and infants are at risk of severe influenza and pertussis infection. Inactivated influenza vaccine (I..

Birth outcomes in Aboriginal mother-infant pairs from the Northern Territory, Australia, who received 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccination during pregnancy, 2006-2011: The PneuMum randomised controlled trial.

Lisa McHugh, Michael Binks, Robert S Ware, Tom Snelling, Sandra Nelson, Jane Nelson, Melissa Dunbar, E Kim Mulholland, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

BACKGROUND: Pregnant women and infants <6 months old have a high baseline risk for pneumococcal disease compared to the general po..

High burden of infectious disease and antibiotic use in early life in Australian Aboriginal communities

Will Cuningham, Jodie McVernon, Michael J Lydeamore, Ross M Andrews, Jonathan Carapetis, Therese Kearns, Danielle Clucas, Roslyn Gundjirryirr Dhurrkay, Steven YC Tong, Patricia T Campbell

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Risk factors for infection with soil-transmitted helminths during an integrated community level water, sanitation, and hygiene and deworming intervention in Timor-Leste

Susana Vaz Nery, Naomi E Clarke, Alice Richardson, Rebecca Traub, James S McCarthy, Darren J Gray, Andrew J Vallely, Gail M Williams, Ross M Andrews, Suzy J Campbell, Archie CA Clements

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal for Parasitology

Burden of skin disease in two remote primary healthcare centres in northern and central Australia

Lauren Thomas, Asha C Bowen, Marleesa Ly, Christine Connors, Ross Andrews, Steven YC Tong

Journal article  |  2019  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Treatment, prevention and public health management of impetigo, scabies, crusted scabies and fungal skin infections in endemic populations: a systematic review

Philippa J May, Steven YC Tong, Andrew C Steer, Bart J Currie, Ross M Andrews, Jonathan R Carapetis, Asha C Bowen

Journal article  |  2019  |  Tropical Medicine & International Health

A biological model of scabies infection dynamics and treatment informs mass drug administration strategies to increase the likelihood of elimination

MJ Lydeamore, PT Campbell, DG Regan, SYC Tong, RM Andrews, AC Steer, L Romani, JM Kaldor, J McVernon, JM McCaw

Journal article  |  2019  |  Mathematical Biosciences

The Safety of Influenza and Pertussis Vaccination in Pregnancy in a Cohort of Australian Mother-Infant Pairs, 2012-2015: The FluMum Study

Lisa McHugh, Helen S Marshall, Kirsten P Perrett, Terry Nolan, Nicholas Wood, Stephen B Lambert, Peter Richmond, Robert S Ware, Paula Binks, Michael J Binks, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2019  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

B Part of It study: a longitudinal study to assess carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in first year university students in South Australia.

Mark McMillan, Luke Walters, Turra Mark, Andrew Lawrence, Lex EX Leong, Thomas Sullivan, Geraint B Rogers, Ross M Andrews, Helen S Marshall

Journal article  |  2019  |  Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

OBJECTIVES: N. meningitidis carriage in Australia is poorly understood. This study aimed to estimate prevalence and risk factors f..

Baseline incidence of adverse birth outcomes and infant influenza and pertussis hospitalisations prior to the introduction of influenza and pertussis vaccination in pregnancy: a data linkage study of 78 382 mother-infant pairs, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994-2015.

L McHugh, RM Andrews, B Leckning, T Snelling, MJ Binks

Journal article  |  2019  |  Epidemiology and Infection

We conducted probabilistic data linkage of three population datasets for the Northern Territory (NT), Australia, to describe the i..

WASH for WORMS: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of a Community Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene and Deworming Intervention on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections

Susana Vaz Nery, Rebecca J Traub, James S McCarthy, Naomi E Clarke, Salvador Amaral, Stacey Llewellyn, Edmund Weking, Alice Richardson, Suzy J Campbell, Darren J Gray, Andrew J Vallely, Gail M Williams, Ross M Andrews, Archie CA Clements

Journal article  |  2019  |  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Infant, maternal and demographic predictors of delayed vaccination: A population-based cohort study

HF Gidding, LK Flack, S Sheridan, B Liu, P Fathima, V Sheppeard, P Richmond, B Hull, C Blyth, RM Andrews, TL Snelling, N de Klerk, PB McIntyre, HC Moore, H Gidding, H Moore, P McIntyre, N de Klerk, B Liu, C Blyth, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Vaccine

Impact of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination in pregnancy against infant acute lower respiratory infections in the Northern Territory of Australia

Michael J Binks, Sarah A Moberley, Anne Balloch, Amanda J Leach, Sandra Nelson, Kim M Hare, Cate Wilson, Jane Nelson, Peter S Morris, Robert S Ware, Mimi LK Tang, Paul J Torzillo, Jonathan R Carapetis, Kim Mulholland, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2018  |  Pneumonia

Calculation of the age of the first infection for skin sores and scabies in five remote communities in northern Australia

MJ Lydeamore, PT Campbell, W Cuningham, RM Andrews, T Kearns, D Clucas, R Gundjirryirr Dhurrkay, J Carapetis, SYC Tong, JM McCaw, J McVernon

Journal article  |  2018  |  Epidemiology and Infection

Scabies and risk of skin sores in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: A self-controlled case series study

Thu Zar Aung Phyo, Will Cuningham, Kerry Hwang, Ross M Andrews, Jonathan Carapetis, Therese Kearns, Danielle Clucas, Jodie McVernon, Julie Ann Simpson, Steven Tong, Patricia Therese Campbell

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Use of quantitative PCR to assess the efficacy of albendazole against Necator americanus and Ascaris spp. in Manufahi District, Timor-Leste

Susana Vaz Nery, Jessica Qi, Stacey Llewellyn, Naomi E Clarke, Rebecca Traub, Darren J Gray, Andrew J Vallely, Gail M Williams, Ross M Andrews, James S McCarthy, Archie CA Clements

Journal article  |  2018  |  Parasites & Vectors

The NICE-GUT trial protocol: a randomised, placebo controlled trial of oral nitazoxanide for the empiric treatment of acute gastroenteritis among Australian Aboriginal children

Claire S Waddington, Charlie McLeod, Peter Morris, Asha Bowen, Mark Naunton, Jonathan Carapetis, Keith Grimwood, Roy Robins-Browne, Carl D Kirkwood, Robert Baird, David Green, Ross Andrews, Deborah Fearon, Joshua Francis, Julie A Marsh, Thomas Snelling

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMJ Open

Determining the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage required for indirect protection against vaccine-type pneumococcal carriage in low and middle-income countries: a protocol for a prospective observational study

Jocelyn Chan, Cattram D Nguyen, Jana YR Lai, Eileen M Dunne, Ross Andrews, Christopher C Blyth, Siddhartha Datta, Kim Fox, Rebecca Ford, Jason Hinds, Sophie La Vincente, Deborah Lehmann, Ruth Lim, Tuya Mungun, Paul N Newton, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Willam S Pomat, Anonh Xeuatvongsa, Claire von Mollendorf, David AB Dance, et al.

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMJ Open

Cross-cultural, aboriginal language, discovery education for health literacy and informed consent in a remote aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, Australia

JM Shield, TM Kearns, J Garŋgulkpuy, L Walpulay, R Gundjirryirr, L Bundhala, V Djarpanbuluwuy, RM Andrews, J Judd

Journal article  |  2018  |  Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal B disease in Australia, 1999-2015: priority populations for vaccination

Brett N Archer, Clayton K Chiu, Sanjay H Jayasinghe, Peter C Richmond, Jodie McVernon, Monica M Lahra, Ross M Andrews, Peter B McIntyre

Journal article  |  2017  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Repeat pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination does not impair functional immune responses among Indigenous Australians

PV Licciardi, E Hoe, ZQ Toh, A Balloch, S Moberley, P Binks, R Marimla, A Leach, S Skull, K Mulholland, R Andrews

Journal article  |  2017  |  Clinical & Translational Immunology

Repeat pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Indigenous Australian adults is associated with decreased immune responsiveness

Sarah Moberley, Paul V Licciardi, Anne Balloch, Ross Andrews, Amanda J Leach, Marie Kirkwood, Paula Binks, Kim Mulholland, Jonathan Carapetis, Mimi LK Tang, Sue Skull

Journal article  |  2017  |  Vaccine

Investigations into the association between soil-transmitted helminth infections, haemoglobin and child development indices in Manufahi District, Timor-Leste

Suzy J Campbell, Susana V Nery, Catherine A D'Este, Darren J Gray, James S McCarthy, Rebecca J Traub, Ross M Andrews, Stacey Llewellyn, Andrew J Vallely, Gail M Williams, Archie CA Clements

Journal article  |  2017  |  Parasites & Vectors

Policy making for vaccine use as a driver of vaccine innovation and development in the developed world.

Katherine Seib, Andrew J Pollard, Philippe de Wals, Ross M Andrews, Fangjun Zhou, Richard J Hatchett, Larry K Pickering, Walter A Orenstein

Journal article  |  2017  |  Vaccine

In the past 200years, vaccines have had unmistakable impacts on public health including declines in morbidity and mortality, most ..

Birth outcomes for Australian mother-infant pairs who received an influenza vaccine during pregnancy, 2012-2014: The FluMum study

Lisa McHugh, Ross M Andrews, Stephen B Lambert, Kerri A Viney, Nicholas Wood, Kirsten P Perrett, Helen S Marshall, Peter Richmond, Kerry-Ann F O'Grady

Journal article  |  2017  |  Vaccine

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and environmental risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth intensity of infection in Timor-Leste, using real time PCR

Suzy J Campbell, Susana V Nery, Rebecca Wardell, Catherine A D'Este, Darren J Gray, James S McCarthy, Rebecca J Traub, Ross M Andrews, Stacey Llewellyn, Andrew J Vallely, Gail M Williams, Archie CA Clements

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

DEVELOPING RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES

Sharon R Lewin, Ross Andrews, Jodie McVernon, Julie Milland, Miranda Z Smith, Tania C Sorrell

Journal article  |  2017  |  Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report

The Epidemiology of Scabies and Impetigo in Relation to Demographic and Residential Characteristics: Baseline Findings from the Skin Health Intervention Fiji Trial

Lucia Romani, Margot J Whitfeld, Josefa Koroivueta, Mike Kama, Handan Wand, Lisi Tikoduadua, Meciusela Tuicakau, Aminiasi Koroi, Raijieli Ritova, Ross Andrews, John M Kaldor, Andrew C Steer

Journal article  |  2017  |  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Water, sanitation and hygiene related risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia duodenalis infections in rural communities in Timor-Leste

Suzy J Campbell, Susana V Nery, Catherine A D'Este, Darren J Gray, James S McCarthy, Rebecca J Traub, Ross M Andrews, Stacey Llewellyn, Andrew J Vallely, Gail M Williams, Salvador Amaral, Archie CA Clements

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Journal for Parasitology

Influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant Indigenous women in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Sarah A Moberley, Jolie Lawrence, Vanessa Johnston, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2016  |  Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report

Pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are at particular risk of severe illness and high attack rates of influenza i..

General health, otitis media, nasopharyngeal carriage and middle ear microbiology in Northern Territory Aboriginal children vaccinated during consecutive periods of 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

Amanda J Leach, Christine Wigger, Jemima Beissbarth, Donna Woltring, Ross Andrews, Mark D Chatfield, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Peter S Morris

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to monitor the prevalence of suppurative otitis media in remote Indigenous communities after introduct..

Complexities and Perplexities: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection-Related Morbidity

Suzy J Campbell, Susana V Nery, Suhail A Doi, Darren J Gray, Ricardo J Soares Magalhaes, James S McCarthy, Rebecca J Traub, Ross M Andrews, Archie CA Clements

Journal article  |  2016  |  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Cord blood vitamin D and the risk of acute lower respiratory infection in Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory.

Michael J Binks, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Robyn Marsh, Anne B Chang, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Medical journal of Australia

OBJECTIVES: To assess vitamin D status in Indigenous mothers and infants in the Northern Territory, and to determine whether cord ..

Cord blood vitamin D and the risk of acute lower respiratory infection in indigenous infants in the Northern Territory

MJ Binks, HC Smith-Vaughan, R Marsh, AB Chang, RM Andrews

Journal article  |  2016  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Vaccines in pregnancy: The dual benefit for pregnant women and infants.

H Marshall, M McMillan, RM Andrews, K Macartney, K Edwards

Journal article  |  2016  |  Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Maternal immunization has the potential to reduce the burden of infectious diseases in the pregnant woman and her infant. Many cou..

The Importance of Scabies Coinfection in the Treatment Considerations for Impetigo

Monika Tasani, Steven YC Tong, Ross M Andrews, Deborah C Holt, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis, Asha C Bowen

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Protocol for the systematic review of the prevention, treatment and public health management of impetigo, scabies and fungal skin infections in resource-limited settings

Philippa May, Asha Bowen, Steven Tong, Andrew Steer, Sam Prince, Ross Andrews, Bart Currie, Jonathan Carapetis

Journal article  |  2016  |  Systematic Reviews

Mass Drug Administration for Scabies Control in a Population with Endemic Disease

Lucia Romani, Margot J Whitfeld, Josefa Koroivueta, Mike Kama, Handan Wand, Lisi Tikoduadua, Meciusela Tuicakau, Aminiasi Koroi, Ross Andrews, John M Kaldor, Andrew C Steer

Journal article  |  2015  |  New England Journal of Medicine

PneuMum: Impact from a randomised controlled trial of maternal 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination on middle ear disease amongst Indigenous infants, Northern Territory, Australia

Michael J Binks, Sarah A Moberley, Anne Balloch, Amanda J Leach, Sandra Nelson, Kim M Hare, Cate Wilson, Peter S Morris, Jane Nelson, Mark D Chatfield, Mimi LK Tang, Paul Torzillo, Jonathan R Carapetis, E Kim Mulholland, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2015  |  Vaccine

Reduced middle ear infection with non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae, but not Streptococcus pneumoniae, after transition to 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable H. influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine.

Amanda Jane Leach, Christine Wigger, Kim Hare, Vanya Hampton, Jemima Beissbarth, Ross Andrews, Mark Chatfield, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Peter Stanley Morris

Journal article  |  2015  |  BMC Pediatrics

BACKGROUND: In October 2009, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7: Prevenar(TM) Pfizer) was replaced in the Northern Terr..

Impact of an Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration on Scabies Prevalence in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Community

Therese M Kearns, Richard Speare, Allen C Cheng, James McCarthy, Jonathan R Carapetis, Deborah C Holt, Bart J Currie, Wendy Page, Jennifer Shield, Roslyn Gundjirryirr, Leanne Bundhala, Eddie Mulholland, Mark Chatfield, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Medically-attended respiratory illnesses amongst pregnant women in Brisbane, Australia.

Precious Rufus Ashiedu, Ross M Andrews, Stephen B Lambert, Lisa McHugh, Sallyanne LeGros-Wilson, Judith Zenchyson, Daniel Arnold, Clementine Shevell, Kerry-Ann F O'Grady

Journal article  |  2015  |  Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report

There are limited community-based data on the burden of influenza and influenza-like illnesses during pregnancy to inform disease ..

The Global Epidemiology of Impetigo: A Systematic Review of the Population Prevalence of Impetigo and Pyoderma

Asha C Bowen, Antoine Mahe, Roderick J Hay, Ross M Andrews, Andrew C Steer, Steven YC Tong, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

Uptake of influenza vaccination in pregnancy amongst Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a mixed-methods pilot study.

Kerry-Ann F O'Grady, Melissa Dunbar, Linda G Medlin, Kerry K Hall, Maree Toombs, Judith Meiklejohn, Lisa McHugh, Peter D Massey, Amy Creighton, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2015  |  BMC Research Notes

BACKGROUND: Influenza infection during pregnancy causes significant morbidity and mortality. Immunisation against influenza is rec..

Predictors of Disease Severity in Children Hospitalized for Pertussis During an Epidemic

Helen Marshall, Michelle Clarke, Kavita Rasiah, Peter Richmond, Jim Buttery, Graham Reynolds, Ross Andrews, Michael Nissen, Nick Wood, Peter McIntyre

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Limitations in Study on Benefits of Clindamycin Reply

Jonathan R Carapetis, Peter Jacoby, Kylie Carville, Seong-Jin Joel Ang, Nigel Curtis, Ross Andrews

Journal article  |  2015  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

A cluster-randomised controlled trial integrating a community-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme, with mass distribution of albendazole to reduce intestinal parasites in Timor-Leste: the WASH for WORMS research protocol

Susana Vaz Nery, James S McCarthy, Rebecca Traub, Ross M Andrews, Jim Black, Darren Gray, Edmund Weking, Jo-An Atkinson, Suzy Campbell, Naomi Francis, Andrew Vallely, Gail Williams, Archie Clements

Journal article  |  2015  |  BMJ Open

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PREVenar13 and SynflorIX in sequence or alone in high-risk Indigenous infants (PREV-IX_COMBO): protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Amanda Jane Leach, Edward Kim Mulholland, Mathu Santosham, Paul John Torzillo, Ngiare Joy Brown, Peter McIntyre, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Sue Skull, Anne Balloch, Ross Andrews, Jonathan Carapetis, Joseph McDonnell, Vicki Krause, Peter Stanley Morris

Journal article  |  2015  |  BMJ Open

Short-course oral co-trimoxazole versus intramuscular benzathine benzylpenicillin for impetigo in a highly endemic region: an open-label, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

Asha C Bowen, Steven YC Tong, Ross M Andrews, Irene M O'Meara, Malcolm I McDonald, Mark D Chatfield, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal article  |  2014  |  The Lancet

Standardising and Assessing Digital Images for Use in Clinical Trials: A Practical, Reproducible Method That Blinds the Assessor to Treatment Allocation

Asha C Bowen, Kara Burns, Steven YC Tong, Ross M Andrews, Robyn Liddle, Irene M O'Meara, Darren W Westphal, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal article  |  2014  |  PLoS ONE

Use of dried blood spots to define antibody response to the Strongyloides stercoralis recombinant antigen NIE.

Kate Mounsey, Therese Kearns, Melanie Rampton, Stacey Llewellyn, Mallory King, Deborah Holt, Bart J Currie, Ross Andrews, Thomas Nutman, James McCarthy

Journal article  |  2014  |  Acta Tropica

An approach to improve the diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection is the use of serologic assays utilising the NIE antig..

Immunisation issues for Indigenous Australian children.

Robert Menzies, Ross Andrews

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Vaccination has provided major benefits to the health of indigenous children in the face of continuing poorer socioeconomic condit..

Otitis media in children vaccinated during consecutive 7-valent or 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination schedules.

Amanda Jane Leach, Christine Wigger, Ross Andrews, Mark Chatfield, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Peter Stanley Morris

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMC Pediatrics

BACKGROUND: In 2001 when 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced, almost all (90%) young Australian Indigeno..

Effectiveness of Clindamycin and Intravenous Immunoglobulin, and Risk of Disease in Contacts, in Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections

Jonathan R Carapetis, Peter Jacoby, Kylie Carville, Seong-Jin Joel Ang, Nigel Curtis, Ross Andrews

Journal article  |  2014  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Vitamin D insufficiency among hospitalised children in the Northern Territory

Michael J Binks, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Naor Bar-Zeev, Anne B Chang, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): A Critical Component for Sustainable Soil-Transmitted Helminth and Schistosomiasis Control

Suzy J Campbell, Georgia B Savage, Darren J Gray, Jo-An M Atkinson, Ricardo J Soares Magalhaes, Susana V Nery, James S McCarthy, Yael Velleman, James H Wicken, Rebecca J Traub, Gail M Williams, Ross M Andrews, Archie CA Clements

Journal article  |  2014  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Distribution of Giardia duodenalis assemblages A and B among children living in a remote indigenous community of the Northern Territory, Australia.

Amy J Asher, Deborah C Holt, Ross M Andrews, Michelle L Power

Journal article  |  2014  |  PLoS ONE

Giardiasis is a communicable gastrointestinal disease caused by Giardia duodenalis and two genetic assemblages, A and B, cause hum..

FluMum: a prospective cohort study of mother-infant pairs assessing the effectiveness of maternal influenza vaccination in prevention of influenza in early infancy

Kerry-Ann F O'Grady, Lisa McHugh, Terry Nolan, Peter Richmond, Nicholas Wood, Helen S Marshall, Stephen B Lambert, Mark Chatfield, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMJ Open

Comparison of three methods for the recovery of skin pathogens from impetigo swabs collected in a remote community of Northern Territory, Australia

Asha C Bowen, Steven YC Tong, Mark D Chatfield, Ross M Andrews, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal article  |  2013  |  Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Clinic Attendances during the First 12 Months of Life for Aboriginal Children in Five Remote Communities of Northern Australia

Therese Kearns, Danielle Clucas, Christine Connors, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS ONE

Vaccines for preventing pneumococcal infection in adults.

Sarah Moberley, John Holden, David Paul Tatham, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2013  |  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

BACKGROUND: Diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) continue to cause substantial morbidity and mortality glob..

Skin disease in the first two years of life in Aboriginal children in East Arnhem Land

Erin McMeniman, Libby Holden, Therese Kearns, Danielle B Clucas, Jonathan R Carapetis, Bart J Currie, Christine Connors, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2011  |  Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Maternal smoking and smoking in the household during pregnancy and postpartum: findings from an Indigenous cohort in the Northern Territory

Vanessa Johnston, David P Thomas, Joseph McDonnell, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2011  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Case-Control Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the G1P[8] Human Rotavirus Vaccine during an Outbreak of Rotavirus G2P[4] Infection in Central Australia

TL Snelling, RM Andrews, CD Kirkwood, S Culvenor, JR Carapetis

Journal article  |  2011  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Trial of a developmental screening tool in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: A cautionary tale

Anita L D'Aprano, Jonathan R Carapetis, Ross Andrews

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Prophylactic penicillin by the full moon: a novel approach in Central Australia that may help to reduce the risk of rheumatic heart disease.

TM Kearns, R Schultz, V McDonald, RM Andrews

Journal article  |  2010  |  Rural and remote health

INTRODUCTION: Uptake of penicillin prophylaxis to prevent recurrent rheumatic fever and its sequela rheumatic heart disease (RHD) ..

Trimethopim-sulfamethoxazole compared with benzathine penicillin for treatment of impetigo in Aboriginal children: A pilot randomised controlled trial

Steven YC Tong, Ross M Andrews, Therese Kearns, Rosalyn Gundjirryirr, Malcolm I McDonald, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Failure to vaccinate or failure of vaccine? Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine program in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory of Australia

S Moberley, V Krause, H Cook, K Mulholland, J Carapetis, P Torzillo, R Andrews

Journal article  |  2010  |  Vaccine

Skin disorders, including pyoderma, scabies, and tinea infections.

Ross M Andrews, James McCarthy, Jonathan R Carapetis, Bart J Currie

Journal article  |  2009  |  Pediatric Clinics of North America

Pyoderma, scabies, and tinea are common childhood skin disorders too often considered to be merely of nuisance value. More than 11..

A Regional Initiative to Reduce Skin Infections amongst Aboriginal Children Living in Remote Communities of the Northern Territory, Australia

Ross M Andrews, Therese Kearns, Christine Connors, Colin Parker, Kylie Carville, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal article  |  2009  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Ivermectin worthy of further investigation.

Andrew C Steer, Therese Kearns, Ross M Andrews, James S McCarthy, Jonathan R Carapetis, Bart J Currie

Journal article  |  2009  |  Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Rotavirus and the Indigenous Children of the Australian Outback: Monovalent Vaccine Effective in a High-Burden Setting

Thomas L Snelling, Rosalie Schultz, Julie Graham, Robert Roseby, Graeme L Barnes, Ross M Andrews, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal article  |  2009  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

The commentators respond

RM Andrews, SA Moberley

Journal article  |  2009  |  Canadian Medical Association Journal

The controversy over the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine.

Ross Andrews, Sarah A Moberley

Journal article  |  2009  |  Canadian Medical Association Journal

The dynamic nature of group A streptococcal epidemiology in tropical communities with high rates of rheumatic heart disease

MI McDonald, RJ Towers, R Andrews, N Benger, P Fagan, BJ Currie, JR Carapetis

Journal article  |  2008  |  Epidemiology and Infection

Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote aboriginal communities of northern Australia

Danielle B Clucas, Kylie S Carville, Christine Connors, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2008  |  Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Victoria: a better measurement of the true incidence

HJ Clothier, T Vu, V Sundararajan, RM Andrews, M Counahan, GF Tallis, SB Lambert

Journal article  |  2008  |  Epidemiology and Infection

Vaccines for preventing pneumococcal infection in adults.

SA Moberley, J Holden, DP Tatham, RM Andrews

Journal article  |  2008  |  Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)

BACKGROUND: Diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae(S. pneumoniae) continue to cause substantial morbidity and mortality throu..

Vaccines for preventing pneumococcal infection in adults

SA Moberley, J Holden, DP Tatham, RM Andrews

Journal article  |  2008  |  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Evaluating measles surveillance using laboratory-discarded notifications of measles-like illness during elimination

Y-HJ Wang, RM Andrews, H Kelly, SB Lambert

Journal article  |  2007  |  Epidemiology and Infection

What parents in Australia know and do about head lice.

ML Counahan, RM Andrews, H Weld, W Helen, R Speare

Journal article  |  2007  |  Rural and remote health

INTRODUCTION: Although parents in developed market economies regard head lice infections (pediculosis) as a significant problem, h..

Clear not simple: An approach to community consultation for a maternal pneumococcal vaccine trial among Indigenous women in the Northern Territory of Australia

M Dunbar, S Moberley, S Nelson, AJ Leach, R Andrews

Journal article  |  2007  |  Vaccine

Epidemiology of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis in Tropical Communities, Northern Australia

M McDonald, RJ Towers, RM Andrews, JR Carapetis, BJ Currie

Journal article  |  2007  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Adverse events following immunisation: desperately seeking surveillance

Jim Buttery, Sophie La Vincente, Ross Andrews, Ann Kempe, Jenny Royle

Journal article  |  2006  |  The Lancet

Low rates of streptococcal pharyngitis and high rates of pyoderma in Australian aboriginal communities where acute rheumatic fever is hyperendemic

Malcolm I McDonald, Rebecca J Towers, Ross M Andrews, Norma Benger, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal article  |  2006  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Measles surveillance in Victoria, Australia

YHJ Wang, RM Andrews, SB Lambert

Journal article  |  2006  |  Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Recovering streptococci from the throat, a practical alternative to direct plating in remote tropical communities

M McDonald, R Towers, P Fagan, M McKinnon, N Benger, R Andrews, BJ Currie, J Carapetis

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Erratum: "Reliability of parental reports of head lice in their children" (Medical Journal of Australia (2005) vol. 182 (137-138))

ML Counahan, RM Andrews, R Speare

Journal article  |  2005  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Assessment of vaccine coverage following the introduction of a publicly funded pneumococcal vaccine program for the elderly in Victoria, Australia

RM Andrews

Journal article  |  2005  |  Vaccine

Reliability of parental reports of head lice in their children

ML Counahan, RM Andrews, R Speare

Journal article  |  2005  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Monitoring measles elimination in Victoria

NG Becker, ZF Li, E Hsu, RM Andrews, SB Lambert

Journal article  |  2005  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria.

Ross M Andrews, Susan A Skull, Graham B Byrnes, Donald A Campbell, Joy L Turner, Peter B McIntyre, Heath A Kelly

Journal article  |  2005  |  Communicable Diseases Intelligence

This study was undertaken to assess the uptake of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination based on provider records of the hospital..

Effectiveness of a publicly funded pneumococcal vaccination program against invasive pneumococcal disease among the elderly in Victoria, Australia

RM Andrews, ML Counahan, GG Hogg, PB McIntyre

Journal article  |  2004  |  Vaccine

Head lice prevalence in primary schools in Victoria, Australia

M Counahan, R Andrews, P Buttner, G Byrnes, R Speare

Journal article  |  2004  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

The number needed to vaccinate (NNV) and population extensions of the NNV: comparison of influenza and pneumococcal vaccine programmes for people aged 65 years and over

H Kelly, J Attia, R Andrews, RF Heller

Journal article  |  2004  |  Vaccine

Mumps and rubella: a year of enhanced surveillance and laboratory testing

RJ Guy, RM Andrews, HA Kelly, JA Leydon, MA Riddell, SB Lambert, MG Catton

Journal article  |  2004  |  Epidemiology and Infection

Vaccines for preventing pneumococcal infection in adults

K Dear, J Holden, R Andrews, D Tatham

Journal article  |  2004  |  Praxis

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia, 2002.

Paul Roche, Vicki Krause, Ross Andrews, Louise Carter, David Coleman, Heather Cook, Megan Counahan, Carolien Giele, Robyn Gilmore, Sharon Hart, Robyn Pugh, Geoff Hogg, Denise Murphy, Michael Watson, undefined Pneumococcal Working party of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia

Journal article  |  2003  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

There were 2,271 cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in ..

Establishing thresholds for influenza surveillance in Victoria.

Caroline G Watts, Ross M Andrews, Julian D Druce, Heath A Kelly

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to review the proportion of influenza-like illness (ILI) that could be attributed to influenza infection over ..

Invasive pneumococcal disease among children in Victoria.

Min Liu, Ross Andrews, Joanne Stylianopoulos, Catherine Ferreira, Geoff Hogg, Nyree Pyper

Journal article  |  2003  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

This study analysed notification data from the first year of enhanced surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Victo..

Mumps and rubella surveillance in Victoria, 1993 to 2000.

Rebecca J Guy, Ross M Andrews, Priscilla M Robinson, Stephen B Lambert

Journal article  |  2003  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

Despite improving childhood coverage of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) in Victoria during the 1990s, mumps and rubella no..

The mumps outbreak that wasn't.

Rebecca Guy, Jennie Leydon, Ross Andrews, Stephen Lambert

Journal article  |  2002  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Measles transmission in healthcare settings in Australia.

Heath A Kelly, Michaela A Riddell, Ross M Andrews

Journal article  |  2002  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 1999 to 2000.

P McIntyre, H Gidding, R Gilmour, G Lawrence, B Hull, P Horby, H Wang, R Andrews, M Burgess

Journal article  |  2002  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

A measles outbreak among young adults in Victoria, February 2001.

Natasha Davidson, Ross Andrews, Michaela Riddell, Jennie Leydon, Pauline Lynch, undefined Outbreak investigation team

Journal article  |  2002  |  Communicable Diseases Intelligence

In January 2001 a 19-year-old Sydney resident, who had recently returned from India, visited Melbourne for 4 days while infectious..

A diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine for adults: the wrong booster vaccine for Australia?

HA Kelly, RM Andrews

Journal article  |  2001  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Measles: how many hospitalised cases are we missing?

G Lawrence, S Lambert, H Kelly, R Andrews

Journal article  |  2001  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

We aimed to determine whether the Victorian measles surveillance system had missed hospitalised cases of measles during an inter-e..

Healthcare workers continue to be at risk of measles: a case for better vaccination coverage

SA Skull, RM Andrews, GJ Gorrie, MA Riddell, AC Street

Journal article  |  2001  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Measles outbreak among young adults in Victoria.

R Andrews

Journal article  |  2001  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

Laboratory-supported influenza surveillance in Victorian sentinel general practices.

H Kelly, A Murphy, W Leong, J Leydon, P Tresise, M Gerrard, D Chibo, C Birch, R Andrews, M Catton

Journal article  |  2000  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

Laboratory-supported influenza surveillance is important as part of pandemic preparedness, for identifying and isolating candidate..

Measles outbreak in young adults in Victoria, 1999

SB Lambert, ML Morgan, MA Riddell, RM Andrews, HA Kelly, JA Leydon, MC Catton, PA Lynch, DK Gercovich, RA Lester, JA Carnie, GJ Rouch

Journal article  |  2000  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Improving pneumococcal vaccination coverage among older people in Victoria.

RM Andrews, RA Lester

Journal article  |  2000  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Although pneumococcal vaccine is recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council and is cost-effective in preventi..

Surveillance of pneumococcal disease in Australian states and territories.

P McIntyre, R Menzies, V Krause, L Selvey, R Hall, A Misrachi, R Andrews, C Giele, J Gill

Journal article  |  2000  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

Information on pneumococcal disease, including immunisation programs, and optimum future surveillance in each Australian State and..

Enhanced measles surveillance during an interepidemic period in Victoria

SB Lambert, HA Kelly, RM Andrews, MC Catton, PA Lynch, JA Leydon, DK Gercovich, GG Hogg, ML Morgan, RA Lester

Journal article  |  2000  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Vaccinating children with a history of serious reactions after vaccination or of egg allergy.

RM Andrews, AE Kempe, KK Sinn, A Herceg

Journal article  |  1998  |  Medical Journal of Australia

OBJECTIVE: To describe the results of vaccinating children with a history of serious adverse reactions after vaccination or of egg..

Pertussis notifications in Australia, 1991 to 1997.

R Andrews, A Herceg, C Roberts

Journal article  |  1997  |  Communicable diseases intelligence

Planning for and responding to pandemic influenza emergencies: it's time to listen to, prioritize and privilege Aboriginal perspectives.

Kristy Crooks, Peter D Massey, Kylie Taylor, Adrian Miller, Sandra Campbell, Ross Andrews

Journal article  |  Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR