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Association between pertussis vaccination in infancy and childhood asthma: A population-based record linkage cohort study by Pérez Chacón, Gladymar, Fathima, Parveen, Jones, Mark, Estcourt, Marie J, Gidding, Heather F, Moore, Hannah C, Richmond, Peter C, Snelling, Tom

“…Background Asthma is among the commonest noncommunicable diseases of childhood and often occurs with other atopic comorbidities. A previous case-control study…”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake by Infection Status in New South Wales, Australia by Gidding, Heather F, Stepien, Sandrine, Qian, Jiahui, Macartney, Kristine K, Liu, Bette

“…Using linked public health data from Australia to measure uptake of COVID-19 vaccination by infection status, we found coverage considerably lower among…”
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Serological testing of blood donors to characterise the impact of COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia, 2020 by Machalek, Dorothy A, Vette, Kaitlyn M, Downes, Marnie, Carlin, John B, Nicholson, Suellen, Hirani, Rena, Irving, David O, Gosbell, Iain B, Gidding, Heather F, Shilling, Hannah, Aung, Eithandee, Macartney, Kristine, Kaldor, John M

“…Rapidly identifying and isolating people with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection has been a core strategy to contain COVID-19 in Australia, but a proportion of…”
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Acute Q fever in patients with an influenza-like illness in regional New South Wales, Australia by Rodrigo, Chaturaka, Walker, Gregory, Sevendal, Andrea T K, Nguyen, Chelsea, Stelzer-Braid, Sacha, Rawlinson, William, Graves, Stephen, Gidding, Heather F, Stenos, John, Lloyd, Andrew R

“…Query (Q) fever is a zoonosis caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii typically presenting as an influenza-like illness (ILI) with or without hepatitis. The…”
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Levels of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage and indirect protection against invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia hospitalisations in Australia: An observational study by Chan, Jocelyn, Gidding, Heather F, Blyth, Christopher C, Fathima, Parveen, Jayasinghe, Sanjay, McIntyre, Peter B, Moore, Hannah C, Mulholland, Kim, Nguyen, Cattram D, Andrews, Ross, Russell, Fiona M

“…Background There is limited empiric evidence on the coverage of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) required to generate substantial indirect protection. We…”
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Pertussis immunisation in infancy and atopic outcomes: A protocol for a population-based cohort study using linked administrative data by Pérez Chacón, Gladymar, Fathima, Parveen, Jones, Mark, Barnes, Rosanne, Richmond, Peter C, Gidding, Heather F, Moore, Hannah C, Snelling, Thomas L

“…The burden of IgE-mediated food allergy in Australian born children is reported to be among the highest globally. This illness shares risk factors and…”
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Childhood vaccination coverage in Australia: an equity perspective by Arat, Arzu, Moore, Hannah C, Goldfeld, Sharon, üstberg, Viveca, Sheppeard, Vicky, Gidding, Heather F

“…Abstract Background This study describes trends in social inequities in first dose measles-mumps-rubella (MMR1) vaccination coverage in Western Australia (WA)…”
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Q Fever Knowledge, Attitudes and Vaccination Status of Australia's Veterinary Workforce in 2014 by Sellens, Emily, Norris, Jacqueline M, Dhand, Navneet K, Heller, Jane, Hayes, Lynne, Gidding, Heather F, Willaby, Harold, Wood, Nicholas, Bosward, Katrina L

“…Q fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii, is a serious zoonotic disease in humans with a worldwide distribution. Many species of animals are capable of…”
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Establishing a process for conducting cross‐jurisdictional record linkage in Australia by Moore, Hannah C., Guiver, Tenniel, Woollacott, Anthony, de Klerk, Nicholas, Gidding, Heather F.

“…To describe the realities of conducting a cross‐jurisdictional data linkage project involving state and Australian Government‐based data collections to inform…”
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Women's empowerment is associated with maternal nutrition and low birth weight: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey by Kabir, Alamgir, Rashid, Md Mahbubur, Hossain, Kamal, Khan, Arifuzzaman, Sikder, Shegufta Shefa, Gidding, Heather F

“…The burden of maternal undernutrition and low birth weight (LBW) incurs enormous economic costs due to their adverse consequences. Women's empowerment is…”
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A new method for assessing how sensitivity and specificity of linkage studies affects estimation by Moore, Cecilia L, Amin, Janaki, Gidding, Heather F, Law, Matthew G

“…While the importance of record linkage is widely recognised, few studies have attempted to quantify how linkage errors may have impacted on their own findings…”
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Willingness of veterinarians in Australia to recommend Q fever vaccination in veterinary personnel: Implications for workplace health and safety compliance by Sellens, Emily, Norris, Jacqueline M, Dhand, Navneet K, Heller, Jane, Hayes, Lynne, Gidding, Heather F, Willaby, Harold, Wood, Nicholas, Bosward, Katrina L

“…Q fever vaccine uptake among veterinary nurses in Australia is low, suggesting veterinarians are not recommending the vaccination to veterinary personnel. This…”
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Hepatitis E as a cause of adult hospitalization in Bangladesh: Results from an acute jaundice surveillance study in six tertiary hospitals, 2014-2017 by Paul, Repon C, Nazneen, Arifa, Banik, Kajal C, Sumon, Shariful Amin, Paul, Kishor K, Akram, Arifa, Uzzaman, M Salim, Iqbal, Tahir, Tejada-Strop, Alexandra, Kamili, Saleem, Luby, Stephen P, Gidding, Heather F, Hayen, Andrew, Gurley, Emily S

“…In the absence of reliable data on the burden of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in high endemic countries, we established a hospital-based acute jaundice surveillance…”
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Estimating the measles effective reproduction number in Australia from routine notification data by CHIEW, May, GIDDING, Heather F, DEY, Aditi, WOOD, James, MARTIN, Nicolee, DAVIS, Stephanie, MCINTYRE, Peter

“…To estimate the measles effective reproduction number (R) in Australia by modelling routinely collected notification data. R was estimated for 2009-2011 by…”
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Elimination of endemic measles transmission in Australia by HEYWOOD, Anita E, GIDDING, Heather F, RIDDELL, Michaela A, MCLNTYRE, Peter B, RAINA MACLNTYRE, C, KELLY, Heath A

“…Elimination of endemic measles transmission is the culmination of a range of control measures at a national level. Current documentation of elimination…”
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The ecology of antibiotic use in the ICU: homogeneous prescribing of cefepime but not tazocin selects for antibiotic resistant infection by Ginn, Andrew N, Wiklendt, Agnieszka M, Gidding, Heather F, George, Narelle, O'Driscoll, James S, Partridge, Sally R, O'Toole, Brian I, Perri, Rita A, Faoagali, Joan, Gallagher, John E, Lipman, Jeffrey, Iredell, Jonathan R

“…Antibiotic homogeneity is thought to drive resistance but in vivo data are lacking. In this study, we determined the impact of antibiotic homogeneity per se,…”
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Hepatitis C treatment outcomes in Australian clinics by Gidding, Heather F, Law, Matthew G, Amin, Janaki, Ostapowicz, George, Weltman, Martin, Macdonald, Graeme A, Sasadeusz, Joe J, Haber, Paul AW, George, Jacob, Dore, Gregory J

“…Objective: To determine hepatitis C (HCV) treatment effectiveness and predictors of response in the “real‐world” Australian clinic setting. Design, setting and…”
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National Serosurvey of Cytomegalovirus in Australia by Seale, Holly, MacIntyre, C Raina, Gidding, Heather F, Backhouse, J L, Dwyer, Dominic E, Gilbert, Lyn

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Trends in all cause and viral liver disease-related hospitalizations in people with hepatitis B or C: a population-based linkage study by Gidding, Heather F, Dore, Gregory J, Amin, Janaki, Law, Matthew G

“…Previous studies have reported an excess burden of cancer and mortality in populations with chronic hepatitis B (HBV) or C (HCV), but there are limited data…”
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Estimates of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Australia, 2000 by Belinda G. O'Sullivan, Heather F. Gidding, Matthew Law, John M. Kaldor, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Gregory J. Dore

“…Abstract Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Australia and attributable proportions associated with specific…”
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