Simon Firestone

832Detecting spatial clusters of human salmonellosis in Victoria

Hannah Morgan, Zoe Cutcher, Simon Firestone, Mark Stevenson, Anastasia Stylianopoulos, Anna-Lena Arnold, Caitlin Pfeiffer

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

Abstract Focus of Presentation ‘Cluster Tracker’ is an automated tool for spat..

890The prevalence and risk factors for Coxiella burnetii on commercial dairy goat farms in Australia

Kangwei Hou, Simon Firestone, Anke Wiethoelter, John Stenos, Louis Lignereux, Nicolas Clark, Joshua Aleri, Ricardo Magalhães, Mark Stevenson

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

Abstract Background Despite the potentially important role that intensively ma..

897Environmental contamination of Coxiella burnetii in and around an endemically infected goat farm

Kangwei Hou, Gemma A Vincent, Mark A Stevenson, Simon M Firestone, Anke Wiethoelter

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

Abstract Background Coxiella burnetii is the cause of Q fever, a zoonotic dise..

Bayesian latent class analysis when the reference test is imperfect.

A Cheung, S Dufour, G Jones, P Kostoulas, MA Stevenson, NB Singanallur, SM Firestone

Journal article  |  2021  |  Rev Sci Tech

Latent class analysis (LCA) has allowed epidemiologists to overcome the practical constraints faced by traditional diagnostic test..

Introduction - Validation of tests for OIE-listed diseases as fit-for-purpose in a world of evolving diagnostic technologies.

IA Gardner, A Colling, C Caraguel, JR Crowther, G Jones, SM Firestone, C Heuer

Journal article  |  2021  |  Rev Sci Tech

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has made leading contributions to the discipline of test validation science by prov..

A randomised controlled trial of the immunogenicity and safety of a formaldehyde-inactivated Coxiella burnetii vaccine in 8-week-old goats

Michael Muleme, Joanne M Devlin, Angus Campbell, Gemma Vincent, Paul John Benham, Cleide Sprohnle, Andrew Stent, Alexander Cameron, Aminul Islam, Stephen Graves, Colin Wilks, John Stenos, Simon M Firestone

Journal article  |  2021  |  VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Coxiella burnetii causes Q fever in individuals exposed to infected ruminants. Vaccination in 3-4-month-old goats, has been report..

Prevalence and spatial distribution of Coxiella burnetii seropositivity in northern Australian beef cattle adjusted for diagnostic test uncertainty

CM Wood, NR Perkins, SJ Tozer, W Johnson, TS Barnes, M McGowan, JS Gibson, J Alawneh, SM Firestone, SM Woldeyohannes

Journal article  |  2021  |  PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by infection with Coxiella burnetii transmitted from animals including, but not limited to, c..

Using farmer observations for animal health syndromic surveillance: Participation and performance of an online enhanced passive surveillance system

Caitlin Pfeiffer, Mark Stevenson, Simon Firestone, John Larsen, Angus Campbell

Journal article  |  2021  |  PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

The challenge of animal health surveillance is to provide the information necessary to appropriately inform disease prevention and..

Optimising predictive modelling of Ross River virus using meteorological variables

Iain S Koolhof, Simon M Firestone, Silvana Bettiol, Michael Charleston, Katherine B Gibney, Peter J Neville, Andrew Jardine, Scott Carver

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

BACKGROUND: Statistical models are regularly used in the forecasting and surveillance of infectious diseases to guide public healt..

Coxiella burnetii in the environment: A systematic review and critical appraisal of sampling methods

AM Hasanthi Abeykoon, Nicholas Joshua Clark, Ricardo Jorge Soares Magalhaes, Gemma Anne Vincent, Mark Anthony Stevenson, Simon Matthew Firestone, Anke Katrin Wiethoelter

Journal article  |  2020  |  ZOONOSES AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the intracellular bacterium, Coxiella burnetii. Its primary mode of transmission is by inh..