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EcoHealth and One Health: A theory-focused review in response to calls for convergence by Harrison, Sarah, Kivuti-Bitok, Lucy, Macmillan, Alexandra, Priest, Patricia

“…EcoHealth and One Health are two major approaches broadly aimed at understanding the links between human, animal, and environment health. There have been…”
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COVID-19 in New Zealand and the impact of the national response: a descriptive epidemiological study by Jefferies, Sarah, French, Nigel, Gilkison, Charlotte, Graham, Giles, Hope, Virginia, Marshall, Jonathan, McElnay, Caroline, McNeill, Andrea, Muellner, Petra, Paine, Shevaun, Prasad, Namrata, Scott, Julia, Sherwood, Jillian, Yang, Liang, Priest, Patricia

“…In early 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand implemented graduated, risk-informed national COVID-19 suppression measures aimed at disease…”
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Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Healthy Adults: The VIDARIS Randomized Controlled Trial by Murdoch, David R, Slow, Sandy, Chambers, Stephen T, Jennings, Lance C, Stewart, Alistair W, Priest, Patricia C, Florkowski, Christopher M, Livesey, John H, Camargo, Carlos A, Scragg, Robert

“…CONTEXT Observational studies have reported an inverse association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels and incidence of upper respiratory tract…”
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Thermal image scanning for influenza border screening: results of an airport screening study by Priest, Patricia C, Duncan, Alasdair R, Jennings, Lance C, Baker, Michael G

“…Infrared thermal image scanners (ITIS) appear an attractive option for the mass screening of travellers for influenza, but there are no published data on their…”
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Risk Factors for Legionella longbeachae Legionnaires' Disease, New Zealand by Kenagy, Emma, Priest, Patricia C, Cameron, Claire M, Smith, Debbie, Scott, Pippa, Cho, Vicki, Mitchell, Peter, Murdoch, David R

“…Legionella longbeachae, found in soil and compost-derived products, is a globally underdiagnosed cause of Legionnaires' disease. We conducted a case-control…”
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Awareness and use of family planning methods among iTaukei women in Fiji and New Zealand by Cammock, Radilaite, Priest, Patricia, Lovell, Sarah, Herbison, Peter

“…iTaukei women's awareness and practice of family planning methods was investigated in New Zealand and Fiji to ascertain differences in behaviour within the…”
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A scoping review of equity-focused implementation theories, models and frameworks in healthcare and their application in addressing ethnicity-related health inequities by Gustafson, Papillon, Abdul Aziz, Yasmin, Lambert, Michelle, Bartholomew, Karen, Rankin, Nicole, Fusheini, Adam, Brown, Rachel, Carswell, Peter, Ratima, Mihi, Priest, Patricia, Crengle, Sue

“…Abstract Background Inequities in implementation contribute to the unequal benefit of health interventions between groups of people with differing levels of…”
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Late presentation of HIV infection among adults in New Zealand from 2011 to 2020 by Bateman, Jerram P, Saxton, Peter J W, de Gouw, Ashleigh, Kolodziej, Jacek, Priest, Patricia C, McAllister, Susan M

“…Early diagnosis of HIV is essential for successful treatment and controlling HIV spread in a population. We examined the frequency and characteristics of…”
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Whole-genome sequencing and ad hoc shared genome analysis of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a New Zealand primary school by Scott, Pippa, Zhang, Ji, Anderson, Trevor, Priest, Patricia C., Chambers, Stephen, Smith, Helen, Murdoch, David R., French, Nigel, Biggs, Patrick J.

“…Epidemiological studies of communicable diseases increasingly use large whole-genome sequencing (WGS) datasets to explore the transmission of pathogens. It is…”
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Creating symptom-based criteria for diagnostic testing: a case study based on a multivariate analysis of data collected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand by French, Nigel, Jones, Geoff, Heuer, Cord, Hope, Virginia, Jefferies, Sarah, Muellner, Petra, McNeill, Andrea, Haslett, Stephen, Priest, Patricia

“…Abstract Background Diagnostic testing using PCR is a fundamental component of COVID-19 pandemic control. Criteria for determining who should be tested by PCR…”
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The burden of Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand (LegiNZ): a national surveillance study by Priest, Patricia C, Slow, Sandy, Chambers, Stephen T, Cameron, Claire M, Balm, Michelle N, Beale, Mark W, Blackmore, Timothy K, Burns, Andrew D, Drinković, Dragana, Elvy, Juliet A, Everts, Richard J, Hammer, David A, Huggan, Paul J, Mansell, Christopher J, Raeder, Vicki M, Roberts, Sally A, Robinson, Murray C, Sathyendran, Vani, Taylor, Susan L, Thompson, Alyssa W, Ussher, James E, van der Linden, Antje J, Williams, Melanie J, Podmore, Roslyn G, Anderson, Trevor P, Barratt, Kevin, Mitchell, Joanne L, Harte, David J, Hope, Virginia T, Murdoch, David R

“…Legionnaires' disease is under-diagnosed because of inconsistent use of diagnostic tests and uncertainty about whom to test. We assessed the increase in case…”
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Surveillance of Leprosy in Kiribati, 1935-2017 by Chambers, Stephen T, Ioteba, Nabura, Timeon, Eretii, Rimon, Erei, Murdoch, Helen, Green, Jared, Trowbridge, Emma, Buckingham, Jane, Cunanan, Arturo, Williman, Jonathan, Priest, Patricia

“…In Kiribati, unlike most countries, high and increasing numbers of cases of leprosy have been reported despite the availability of multidrug therapy and…”
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'We have been warned' - preparing now to prevent the next pandemic by Murdoch, David R

“…Reflects on the recommendation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, convened in mid-2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO) to…”
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Predicting the impact of household contact and mass chemoprophylaxis on future new leprosy cases in South Tarawa, Kiribati: A modelling study by Gilkison, Charlotte, Chambers, Stephen, Blok, David J, Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Timeon, Eretii, Rimon, Erei, Priest, Patricia

“…The country of Kiribati is a small Pacific island nation which had a new case detection rate of 191 per 100,000 in 2016, and is one of the few countries yet to…”
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Long-Term High-Dose Vitamin D3 Supplementation and Blood Pressure in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Scragg, Robert, Slow, Sandy, Stewart, Alistair W, Jennings, Lance C, Chambers, Stephen T, Priest, Patricia C, Florkowski, Christopher M, Camargo, Carlos A, Murdoch, David R

“…Previous randomized controlled trials of vitamin D supplementation and blood pressure (BP) mainly have given vitamin D for short periods (<6 months) or at low…”
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Adapting an equity-focused implementation process framework with a focus on ethnic health inequities in the Aotearoa New Zealand context by Gustafson, Papillon, Lambert, Michelle, Bartholomew, Karen, Ratima, Mihi, Aziz, Yasmin Abdul, Kremer, Lisa, Fusheini, Adam, Carswell, Peter, Brown, Rachel, Priest, Patricia, Crengle, Sue

“…Health intervention implementation in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), as in many countries globally, usually varies by ethnicity. Māori (the Indigenous peoples of…”
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Supporting implementation of interventions to address ethnicity-related health inequities: frameworks, facilitators and barriers – a scoping review protocol by Gustafson, Papillon, Abdul Aziz, Yasmin, Lambert, Michelle, Bartholomew, Karen, Brown, Rachel, Carswell, Peter, Fusheini, Adam, Ratima, Mihi, Priest, Patricia, Crengle, Sue

“…IntroductionHealth inequities are differences in health between groups of people that are avoidable, unfair and unjust. Achieving equitable health outcomes…”
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Hand sanitiser provision for reducing illness absences in primary school children: a cluster randomised trial by Priest, Patricia, McKenzie, Joanne E, Audas, Rick, Poore, Marion, Brunton, Cheryl, Reeves, Lesley

“…The potential for transmission of infectious diseases offered by the school environment are likely to be an important contributor to the rates of infectious…”
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Effectiveness of population-wide screening and mass drug administration for leprosy control in Kiribati: the COMBINE protocol by Coleman, Mikaela, Hill, Jeremy, Timeon, Eretii, Rimon, Erei, Bauro, Temea, Ioteba, Nabura, Cunanan, Arturo, Douglas, Nicholas M, Islam, Tauhid, Tomlinson, Jill, Campbell, Patrick O, Williman, Jonathan, Priest, Patricia, Marais, Ben J, Britton, Warwick J, Chambers, Stephen T

“…IntroductionProgress towards leprosy elimination is threatened by increasing incidence in ‘hot-spot’ areas where more effective control strategies are urgently…”
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Staphylococcus Aureus Carriage in a New Zealand Primary School: A Cohort Study by Scott, Pippa, Priest, Patricia C, Chambers, Stephen T, Heijne, Janneke C M, Murdoch, David R

“…Asymptomatic carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is a source of transmission between healthy individuals. Seventy children at a primary school were swabbed 7…”
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