Heath Kelly

Early signal detection of adverse events following influenza vaccination using proportional reporting ratio, Victoria, Australia

Hazel J Clothier, Jock Lawrie, Melissa A Russell, Heath Kelly, Jim P Buttery

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLOS ONE

INTRODUCTION: Timely adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) signal event detection is essential to minimise further vaccinees..

Effectiveness of H1N1/09 monovalent and trivalent influenza vaccines against hospitalization with laboratory-confirmed H1N1/09 influenza in Australia: A test-negative case control study

Allen C Cheng, Tom Kotsimbos, Heath A Kelly, Louis B Irving, Simon D Bowler, Simon GA Brown, Mark Holmes, Christine R Jenkins, Philip Thompson, Graham Simpson, Richard Wood-Baker, Sanjaya N Senanayake, Stephen J Brady, David L Paterson, Peter A Wark, John W Upham, Tony M Korman, Dominic E Dwyer, Grant W Waterer, Paul M Kelly

Journal article  |  2011  |  VACCINE

We aimed to estimate the effectiveness of H1N1/09 containing influenza vaccines against hospitalization from influenza in Australi..

Incidence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza infection in children and pregnant women during the 2009 influenza season in Western Australia - a seroprevalence study

Gary K Dowse, David W Smith, Heath Kelly, Ian Barr, Karen L Laurie, Anthony R Jones, Anthony D Keil, Paul Effler

Journal article  |  2011  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

OBJECTIVE: To determine antibody levels and estimate incidence of infection with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in children and pr..

Lessons from the first year of the WAIVE study investigating the protective effect of influenza vaccine against laboratory-confirmed influenza in hospitalised children aged 6-59 months

Gabriela A Dixon, Hannah C Moore, Heath Kelly, Peter Jacoby, Dale Carcione, Simon Williams, David Smith, Anthony D Keil, Paul Van Buynder, Peter C Richmond

Journal article  |  2010  |  INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES

BACKGROUND: Influenza is major cause of paediatric hospitalisation. Influenza vaccine was offered to all children aged 6-59 months..

Strategies for mitigating an influenza pandemic with pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccines

George Milne, Joel Kelso, Heath Kelly

Journal article  |  2010  |  JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE

The recent worldwide spread of the swine-origin H1N1 2009 influenza outbreak has resulted in its designation as a pandemic by the ..

A decline in varicella but an uncertain impact on zoster following varicella vaccination in Victoria, Australia

Kylie S Carville, Michaela A Riddell, Heath A Kelly

Journal article  |  2010  |  VACCINE

Varicella vaccine was licensed in Australia in 1999 and publicly funded in 2005. We examined trends in varicella and zoster hospit..

Markers of hepatitis B virus infection and immunity in Victoria, Australia, 1995 to 2005

Benjamin Cowie, Theo Karapanagiotidis, Adam Enriquez, Heath Kelly

Journal article  |  2010  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

OBJECTIVE: Estimating the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in generally low-prevalence populations containi..

Attitudes to living and working in pandemic conditions among emergency prehospital medical care personnel.

Kerrianne Watt, Vivienne C Tippett, Steven G Raven, Konrad Jamrozik, Michael Coory, Frank Archer, Heath A Kelly

Journal article  |  2010  |  Prehosp Disaster Med

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the risk perceptions and attitudes of healthcare personnel, especially of emergency prehospita..

Anticipated behaviors of emergency prehospital medical care providers during an influenza pandemic.

Vivienne C Tippett, Kerrianne Watt, Steven G Raven, Heath A Kelly, Michael Coory, Frank Archer, Konrad Jamrozik

Journal article  |  2010  |  Prehosp Disaster Med

INTRODUCTION: Emergency prehospital medical care providers are frontline health workers during emergencies. However, little is kno..

QUANTIFYING THE RISK OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA IN PREGNANCY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA IN 2009

H Kelly, GN Mercer, AC Cheng

Journal article  |  2009  |  EUROSURVEILLANCE

An increased relative risk of infection with the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus associated with pregnancy and Indigenous statu..