Simon Firestone

Further development of a reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for the detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus and validation in the field with use of an internal positive control

Carolyn Bath, Megan Scott, Puspa Maya Sharma, Ratna B Gurung, Yoenten Phuentshok, Stephen Pefanis, Axel Colling, Nagendrakumar Singanallur Balasubramanian, Simon M Firestone, Sahawatchara Ungvanijban, Jadsada Ratthanophart, John Allen, Grant Rawlin, Mark Fegan, Brendan Rodoni

Journal article  |  2020  |  Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Spatiotemporal and risk analysis of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Vietnam, 2014-2017

Thanh Nguyen Lam, Mark A Stevenson, Simon M Firestone, Leslie D Sims, Huy Chu Duc, Van Nguyen Long, Ngoc Nguyen Tien, Trung Le Kien, Norikazu Isoda, Keita Matsuno, Masatoshi Okamatsu, Hiroshi Kida, Yoshihiro Sakoda

Journal article  |  2020  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

The aim of this study was to describe the spatiotemporal distribution of H5 HPAI outbreak reports for the period 2014-2017 and to ..

Unravelling animal exposure profiles of human Q fever cases in Queensland, Australia, using natural language processing

Nicholas J Clark, Sarah Tozer, Caitlin Wood, Simon M Firestone, Mark Stevenson, Charles Caraguel, Anne-Lise Chaber, Jane Heller, Ricardo J Soares Magalhaes

Journal article  |  2020  |  Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Q fever, caused by the zoonotic bacterium Coxiella burnetii, is a globally distributed emerging infectious disease. Livestock are ..

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..

Application of an indirect MilA ELISA for the detection of Mycoplasma bovis antibodies in bovine milk

AAB Al-Farha, N Wawegama, F Hemmatzadeh, S Firestone, J Moffat, GA Kojouri, AA Azari, R Amanollahi, A Hoare, K Petrovski

Journal article  |  2020  |  TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES

Does the fungus causing white-nose syndrome pose a significant risk to Australian bats?

Peter Holz, Jasmin Hutschmid, Wayne SJ Boardman, Phillip Cassey, Simon Firestone, Lindy F Lumsden, Thomas AA Prowse, Terry Reardon, Mark Stevenson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Wildlife Research

Traditional Salmonella Typhimurium typing tools (phage typing and MLVA) are sufficient to resolve well-defined outbreak events only

Helen Kathleen Crabb, Joanne Lee Allen, Joanne Maree Devlin, Simon Matthew Firestone, Mark Stevenson, Colin Reginald Wilks, James Rudkin Gilkerson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Food Microbiology

Transmission network reconstruction for foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks incorporating farm-level covariates

Simon Firestone, Yoko Hayama, Max Lau, Takehisa Yamamoto, Tatsuya Nishi, Richard Bradhurst, Haydar Demirhan, Mark Stevenson, Toshiyuki Tsutsui

Journal article  |  2019

Abstract Transmission network modelling to infer ‘who infected whom’ in infectious disease outbreaks is a highly active area of re..

Reconstructing a transmission network and identifying risk factors of secondary transmissions in the 2010 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Japan

Yoko Hayama, Simon M Firestone, Mark A Stevenson, Takehisa Yamamoto, Tatsuya Nishi, Yumiko Shimizu, Toshiyuki Tsutsui

Journal article  |  2019  |  Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Research aimed at understanding transmission networks, representing a network of "who infected whom" for an infectious disease out..

Validation of an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for the detection of IgG antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in bovine serum

Caitlin Wood, Michael Muleme, Tabita Tan, Katrina Bosward, Justine Gibson, John Alawneh, Michael McGowan, Tamsin S Barnes, John Stenos, Nigel Perkins, Simon M Firestone, Sarah Tozer

Journal article  |  2019  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

There is limited knowledge of the true prevalence and distribution of coxiellosis in dairy and beef cattle populations in Australi..

Serological responses of Australian horses using a commercial duplex indirect ELISA following vaccination against strangles

CM El-Hage, H Bannai, AK Wiethoelter, SM Firestone, CM Heislers, JL Allen, AS Waller, JR Gilkerson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Veterinary Journal

A systematic study towards evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of currently predominant H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in Vietnam

Thanh Nguyen Lam, Simon M Firestone, Mark A Stevenson, Neil D Young, Leslie D Sims, Huy Chu Duc, Ngoc Nguyen Tien, Van Nguyen Long, Thanh Le Tung, Van Nguyen Hung, Nam Nguyen Hung, Ngoc Tien Tien, Dang Nguyen Tho, Ngoc Tran Bich, Keita Matsuno, Masatoshi Okamatsu, Hiroshi Kida, Yoshihiro Sakoda

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports

Effect of immunosuppressive drugs on cytokine production in canine whole blood stimulated with lipopolysaccharide or a combination of ionomycin and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate

Julien RS Dandrieux, Lakshmi Narayanan, Simon Firestone, Todd M Archer, Caroline S Mansfield

Journal article  |  2019  |  Veterinary Medicine and Science

A pharmacodynamic assay has been previously developed to monitor ciclosporin treatment in dogs by assessing inhibition of cytokine..

Spatial Analysis of a Cat-Borne Disease Reveals That Soil pH and Clay Content Are Risk Factors for Sarcocystosis in Sheep

Patrick L Taggart, Mark A Stevenson, Simon M Firestone, Milton M McAllister, Charles GB Caraguel

Journal article  |  2019  |  Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Reconstructing foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks: a methods comparison of transmission network models

Simon M Firestone, Yoko Hayama, Richard Bradhurst, Takehisa Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Mark A Stevenson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports

The prevalence of Coxiella burnetii shedding in dairy goats at the time of parturition in an endemically infected enterprise and associated milk yield losses

JosE T Canevari, Simon M Firestone, Gemma Vincent, Angus Campbell, Tabita Tan, Michael Muleme, Alexander WN Cameron, Mark A Stevenson

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC Veterinary Research

Response from Dr. Martinez-Anton, et al. to Dr. Foster letter to editor regarding Investigation of the role of Campylobacter infection in suspected acute polyradiculoneuritis (APN) in dogs

Lorena Martinez-Anton, Marc S Marenda, Simon M Firestone, Rhys N Bushell, Georgina Child, Alexander I Hamilton, Sam N Long, Matthias AR le Chevoir

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Chronic excess fluoride uptake contributes to degenerative joint disease (DJD): Evidence from six marsupial species

Clare Death, Graeme Coulson, Uwe Kierdorf, Horst Kierdorf, Richard Ploeg, Simon Firestone, Ian Dohoo, Jasmin Hufschmid

Journal article  |  2018  |  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Changes in duodenal CD163-positive cells in dogs with chronic enteropathy after successful treatment

Julien RS Dandrieux, Lina Maria Martinez Lopez, Andrew Stent, Albert Jergens, Karin Allenspach, Cameron J Nowell, Simon M Firestone, Wayne Kimpton, Caroline S Mansfield

Journal article  |  2018  |  Innate Immunity

Salmonella spp. transmission in a vertically integrated poultry operation: Clustering and diversity analysis using phenotyping (serotyping, phage typing) and genotyping (MLVA)

Helen Kathleen Crabb, Joanne Lee Allen, Joanne Maree Devlin, Simon Matthew Firestone, Colin Reginald Wilks, James Rudkin Gilkerson

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS ONE

Review of 20 years of human acute Q fever notifications in Victoria, 1994-2013

KA Bond, L Franklin, B Sutton, MA Stevenson, SM Firestone

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australian Veterinary Journal

Diagnostic accuracy of pre-treatment biopsy for grading cutaneous mast cell tumours in dogs

T Shaw, ST Kudnig, SM Firestone

Journal article  |  2018  |  Veterinary and Comparative Oncology

The use of social network analysis to examine the transmission of Salmonella spp. within a vertically integrated broiler enterprise

Helen Kathleen Crabb, Joanne Lee Allen, Joanne Maree Devlin, Simon Matthew Firestone, Mark Anthony Stevenson, James Rudkin Gilkerson

Journal article  |  2018  |  Food Microbiology

Investigation of the Role of Campylobacter Infection in Suspected Acute Polyradiculoneuritis in Dogs

L Martinez-Anton, M Marenda, SM Firestone, RN Bushell, G Child, AI Hamilton, SN Long, MAR Le Chevoir

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Q-Vax Q fever vaccine failures, Victoria, Australia 1994-2013

Katherine A Bond, Lucinda J Franklin, Brett Sutton, Simon M Firestone

Journal article  |  2017  |  Vaccine

A cross-sectional study to quantify the prevalence of avian influenza viruses in poultry at intervention and non-intervention live bird markets in central Vietnam, 2014

D-H Chu, MA Stevenson, LV Nguyen, N Isoda, SM Firestone, TN Nguyen, LT Nguyen, K Matsuno, M Okamatsu, H Kida, Y Sakoda

Journal article  |  2017  |  Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

A longitudinal study of serological responses to Coxiella burnetii and shedding at kidding among intensively-managed goats supports early use of vaccines

Michael Muleme, Angus Campbell, John Stenos, Joanne M Devlin, Gemma Vincent, Alexander Cameron, Stephen Graves, Colin R Wilks, Simon Firestone

Journal article  |  2017  |  Veterinary Research

Innate immune genes in persistent mating-induced endometritis in horses

CD Marth, SM Firestone, D Hanlon, LY Glenton, GF Browning, ND Young, N Krekeler

Journal article  |  2017  |  Reproduction, Fertility and Development

© CSIRO 2018. Persistent mating-induced endometritis (PMIE) severely decreases fertility in horses. The aim of the present study w..

An automated, multiplex-tandem PCR platform for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal nematode infections in cattle: An Australian-European validation study

Florian Roeber, Ebrahim Bani Hassan, Philip Skuce, Alison Morrison, Edwin Claerebout, Stijn Casaert, David R Homer, Simon Fireston, Mark Stevenson, Lee Smith, John Larsen

Journal article  |  2017  |  VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Estimating the intra-cluster correlation coefficient for evaluating an educational intervention program to improve rabies awareness and dog bite prevention among children in Sikkim, India: A pilot study

Aashima Auplish, Alison S Clarke, Trent Van Zanten, Kate Abel, Charmaine Tham, Thinlay N Bhutia, Colin R Wilks, Mark A Stevenson, Simon M Firestone

Journal article  |  2017  |  ACTA TROPICA

Skeletal fluorosis in marsupials: A comparison of bone lesions in six species from an Australian industrial site

Clare Death, Graeme Coulson, Uwe Kierdorf, Horst Kierdorf, Richard Ploeg, Simon M Firestone, Ian Dohoo, Jasmin Hufschmid

Journal article  |  2017  |  Science of The Total Environment

Peripartum dynamics of Coxiella burnetii infections in intensively managed dairy goats associated with a Q fever outbreak in Australia

Michael Muleme, John Stenos, Gemma Vincent, Colin R Wilks, Joanne M Devlin, Angus Campbell, Alexander Cameron, Mark A Stevenson, Stephen Graves, Simon M Firestone

Journal article  |  2017  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Predictive modelling of Ross River virus notifications in southeastern Australia

Z Cutcher, E Williamson, SE Lynch, S Rowe, HJ Clothier, SM Firestone

Journal article  |  2017  |  EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Koala retrovirus genotyping analyses reveal a low prevalence of KoRV-A in Victorian koalas and an association with clinical disease

Alistair R Legione, Jade LS Patterson, Pam Whiteley, Simon M Firestone, Megan Curnick, Kate Bodley, Michael Lynch, James R Gilkerson, Fiona M Sansom, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Medical Microbiology

Koala retrovirus genotyping analyses reveal a low prevalence of KoRV-A in Victorian koalas and an association with clinical disease.

Alistair R Legione, Jade LS Patterson, Pam Whiteley, Simon M Firestone, Megan Curnick, Kate Bodley, Michael Lynch, James R Gilkerson, Fiona M Sansom, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of medical microbiology

PURPOSE: Koala retrovirus (KoRV) is undergoing endogenization into the genome of koalas in Australia, providing an opportunity to ..

Oestrous cycle-dependent equine uterine immune response to induced infectious endometritis

CD Marth, SM Firestone, LY Glenton, GF Browning, ND Young, N Krekeler

Journal article  |  2016  |  Veterinary research

Oestrous cycle-dependent equine uterine immune response to induced infectious endometritis

CD Marth, SM Firestone, LY Glenton, GF Browning, ND Young, N Krekeler

Journal article  |  2016  |  Veterinary Research

© 2016 The Author(s). Infectious endometritis is a major cause of reduced pregnancy rates in horses. The objectives of this study ..

Costing the Morbidity and Mortality Consequences of Zoonoses Using Health-Adjusted Life Years

H Jordan, D Dunt, B Hollingsworth, SM Firestone, M Burgman

Journal article  |  2016  |  TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES

Bayesian Validation of the Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay and Its Superiority to the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and the Complement Fixation Test for Detecting Antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in Goat Serum

Michael Muleme, John Stenos, Gemma Vincent, Angus Campbell, Stephen Graves, Simone Warner, Joanne M Devlin, Chelsea Nguyen, Mark A Stevenson, Colin R Wilks, Simon M Firestone

Journal article  |  2016  |  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Evaluation of an IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as a serological assay for detection of mycoplasma bovis infection in feedlot cattle

NK Wawegama, PF Markham, A Kanci, M Schibrowski, S Oswin, TS Barnes, SM Firestone, TJ Mahony, GF Browning

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Copyright © 2016, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Mycoplasma bovis is a pathogen of emerging significance ..

Anamnestic responses in pigs to the Taenia solium TSOL18 vaccine and implications for control strategies

Marshall W Lightowlers, Meritxell Donadeu, M Elaiyaraja, Kapil Maithal, K Anand Kumar, Charles G Gauci, Simon M Firestone, Patxi Sarasola, Tim G Rowan

Journal article  |  2016  |  PARASITOLOGY

One Health approach to controlling a Q fever outbreak on an Australian goat farm

KA Bond, G Vincent, CR Wilks, L Franklin, B Sutton, J Stenos, R Cowan, K Lim, E Athan, O Harris, L Macfarlane-Berry, Y Segal, SM Firestone

Journal article  |  2016  |  Epidemiology and Infection

Development of representative magnetic resonance imaging-based atlases of the canine brain and evaluation of three methods for atlas-based segmentation

Marjorie E Milne, Christopher Steward, Simon M Firestone, Sam N Long, Terrence J O'Brien, Bradford A Moffat

Journal article  |  2016  |  American Journal of Veterinary Research

Biosecurity

Ronald J Glanville, Simon M Firestone, Simon J More

Book Chapter  |  2016

Sample size considerations for livestock movement network data

Caitlin N Pfeiffer, Simon M Firestone, Angus JD Campbell, John WA Larsen, Mark A Stevenson

Journal article  |  2015  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Comparison of the performance of three PCR assays for the detection and differentiation of Theileria orientalis genotypes

Piyumali K Perera, Robin B Gasser, David J Pulford, Mark A Stevenson, Simon M Firestone, Andrew MJ McFadden, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2015  |  Parasites & Vectors

Veterinary epidemiology and 'one health' in Australasia

S FIRESTONE

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australasian Epidemiologist

Semiquantitative Multiplexed Tandem PCR for Detection and Differentiation of Four Theileria orientalis Genotypes in Cattle

Piyumali K Perera, Robin B Gasser, Simon M Firestone, Lee Smith, Florian Roeber, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Biosecurity

Ronald J Glanville, Simon M Firestone, Simon J More

Book Chapter  |  2015

Applying Bayesian network modelling to understand the links between on-farm biosecurity practice during the 2007 equine influenza outbreak and horse managers' perceptions of a subsequent outbreak

Simon M Firestone, Fraser I Lewis, Kathrin Schemann, Michael P Ward, Jenny-Ann LML Toribio, Melanie R Taylor, Navneet K Dhand

Journal article  |  2014  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Oriental theileriosis in dairy cows causes a significant milk production loss

Piyumali K Perera, Robin B Gasser, Simon M Firestone, Garry A Anderson, Jakob Malmo, Gerry Davis, David S Beggs, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2014  |  Parasites & Vectors

Assessing calves as carriers of Cryptosporidium and Giardia with zoonotic potential on dairy and beef farms within a water catchment area by mutation scanning

Harshanie Abeywardena, Aaron R Jex, Simon M Firestone, Sandra McPhee, Nicole Driessen, Anson V Koehler, Shane R Haydon, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Melita A Stevens, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2013  |  ELECTROPHORESIS

Perceptions of vulnerability to a future outbreak: a study of horse managers affected by the first Australian equine influenza outbreak

Kathrin Schemann, Simon M Firestone, Melanie R Taylor, Jenny-Ann LML Toribio, Michael P Ward, Navneet K Dhand

Journal article  |  2013  |  BMC Veterinary Research

Understanding the associations between on-farm biosecurity practice and equine influenza infection during the 2007 outbreak in Australia

Simon M Firestone, Fraser I Lewis, Kathrin Schemann, Michael P Ward, Jenny-Ann LML Toribio, Navneet K Dhand

Journal article  |  2013  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Untangling the complex inter-relationships between horse managers' perceptions of effectiveness of biosecurity practices using Bayesian graphical modelling

Kathrin Schemann, Fraser I Lewis, Simon M Firestone, Michael P Ward, Jenny-Ann LML Toribio, Melanie R Taylor, Navneet K Dhand

Journal article  |  2013  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

From the Horse's Mouth: Perceptions of the Management of the 2007 Equine Influenza Outbreak in Australia

K Schemann, SM Firestone, MR Taylor, J-ALML Toribio, MP Ward, NK Dhand

Journal article  |  2012  |  Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Adding the spatial dimension to the social network analysis of an epidemic: Investigation of the 2007 outbreak of equine influenza in Australia

Simon M Firestone, Robert M Christley, Michael P Ward, Navneet K Dhand

Journal article  |  2012  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Horse owners'/managers' perceptions about effectiveness of biosecurity measures based on their experiences during the 2007 equine influenza outbreak in Australia

K Schemann, SM Firestone, MR Taylor, J-ALML Toribio, MP Ward, NK Dhand

Journal article  |  2012  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

The Influence of Meteorology on the Spread of Influenza: Survival Analysis of an Equine Influenza (A/H3N8) Outbreak

Simon M Firestone, Naomi Cogger, Michael P Ward, Jenny-Ann LML Toribio, Barbara J Moloney, Navneet K Dhand

Journal article  |  2012  |  PLoS One

The importance of location in contact networks: Describing early epidemic spread using spatial social network analysis

Simon M Firestone, Michael P Ward, Robert M Christley, Navneet K Dhand

Journal article  |  2011  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Dog Bites in Humans and Estimating Human Rabies Mortality in Rabies Endemic Areas of Bhutan

undefined Tenzin, Navneet K Dhand, Tashi Gyeltshen, Simon Firestone, Chhimi Zangmo, Chimi Dema, Rawang Gyeltshen, Michael P Ward

Journal article  |  2011  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A case-control study of risk factors for equine influenza spread onto horse premises during the 2007 epidemic in Australia

Simon M Firestone, Kathrin A Schemann, Jenny-Ann LML Toribio, Michael P Ward, Navneet K Dhand

Journal article  |  2011  |  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Large outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 infections associated with the consumption of products containing raw egg in Tasmania.

Nicola Stephens, Cameron Sault, Simon M Firestone, Diane Lightfoot, Cameron Bell

Journal article  |  2007  |  Communicable Diseases Intelligence

This report describes one of the largest egg-associated outbreaks of foodborne illness in Australia for many years. Between June a..

Annual report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2005.

Simon M Firestone, Ian G Barr, Paul W Roche, John C Walker

Journal article  |  2006  |  Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Surveillance of influenza in Australia is based on laboratory isolation of influenza viruses, sentinel general-practitioner report..

Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2004, annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

Keflemariam Yohannes, Paul W Roche, April Roberts, Conan Liu, Simon M Firestone, Mark Bartlett, Iain East, Brynley P Hull, Martyn D Kirk, Glenda L Lawrence, Ann McDonald, Peter B McIntyre, Robert I Menzies, Helen E Quinn, Claire Vadjic

Journal article  |  2006  |  Communicable Diseases Intelligence

In 2004, 60 diseases and conditions were nationally notifiable in Australia. States and Territories reported a total of 110,929 ca..