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Beyond expectations: Post-implementation data shows rotavirus vaccination is likely cost-saving in Australia by Reyes, J.F, Wood, J.G, Beutels, P, Macartney, K, McIntyre, P, Menzies, R, Mealing, N, Newall, A.T

“…Highlights • The Australian infant rotavirus immunisation program was estimated to be cost-saving. • Larger than predicted reductions in gastroenteritis coded…”
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Economic evaluations of implemented vaccination programmes: key methodological challenges in retrospective analyses by Newall, A.T, Reyes, J.F, Wood, J.G, McIntyre, P, Menzies, R, Beutels, P

“…Highlights • Economic evaluation of existing vaccine programmes presents specific challenges. • Post-implementation surveillance data have the capacity to…”
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A review of economic evaluations of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in adults and the elderly by Dirmesropian, S, Wood, JG, MacIntyre, CR, Newall, AT

“…The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV13) is already recommended for some adult groups and is being considered for wider use in many countries. In…”
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Influenza-attributable mortality in Australians aged more than 50 years: a comparison of different modelling approaches by NEWALL, A. T., VIBOUD, C., WOOD, J. G.

“…This study aimed to compare systematically approaches to estimating influenza-attributable mortality in older Australians. Using monthly age-specific death…”
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Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study by Wood, Lesley, Egger, Matthias, Gluud, Lise Lotte, Schulz, Kenneth F, Jüni, Peter, Altman, Douglas G, Gluud, Christian, Martin, Richard M, Wood, Anthony J G, Sterne, Jonathan A C

“…Objective To examine whether the association of inadequate or unclear allocation concealment and lack of blinding with biased estimates of intervention effects…”
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Modelling the impact of one-dose vs. two-dose vaccination regimens on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus in Australia by GAO, Z., GIDDING, H. F., WOOD, J. G., MacINTYRE, C. R.

“…We examined the impact of one-dose vs. two-dose vaccination strategies on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus (VZV) in Australia, using a mathematical…”
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Retrospective economic evaluation of childhood 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Australia: Uncertain herd impact on pneumonia critical by Newall, A.T, Reyes, J.F, McIntyre, P, Menzies, R, Beutels, P, Wood, J.G

“…Highlights • There were substantial health benefits from the childhood PCV7 program in Australia. • Attribution of declines in non-invasive pneumonia mortality…”
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Changes in seroprevalence to hepatitis A in Victoria, Australia: A comparison of three time points by Heywood, A.E, Newall, A.T, Gao, Z, Wood, J.G, Breschkin, A, Nicholson, S, Gidding, H.F, Dwyer, D.E, Gilbert, G.L, MacIntyre, C.R

“…Highlights ► We examined trends in population hepatitis A seroepidemiology over a 20-year period. ► A significant trend of increasing population hepatitis A…”
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Phosphorylation of human tau protein by microtubule-associated kinases: GSK3β and cdk5 are key participants by Flaherty, D.B., Soria, J.P., Tomasiewicz, H.G., Wood, J.G.

“…Microtubules (MTs), primarily composed of α and β tubulin polymers, must often work in concert with microtubule‐associated proteins (MAPs) in order to modulate…”
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Within-season influenza vaccine waning suggests potential net benefits to delayed vaccination in older adults in the United States by Newall, A.T., Chen, C., Wood, J.G., Stockwell, M.S.

“…There is growing evidence that there is within (intra-) season waning of influenza vaccine protection in older adults, suggesting there may be a benefit to…”
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Tumor necrosis factor can induce both apoptic and necrotic forms of cell lysis by Laster, SM, Wood, JG, Gooding, LR

“…TNF is a protein toxin which is secreted by activated macrophages and monocytes. Although the cytotoxic activity of TNF has been well documented, the mechanism…”
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Reply to letter: Retrospective cost-effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination program in Australia by Newall, A.T., Wood, J.G., Chen, C., McIntyre, P., Beutels, P.

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Estimating the critical immunity threshold for preventing hepatitis A outbreaks in men who have sex with men by REGAN, D. G., WOOD, J. G., BENEVENT, C., ALI, H., SMITH, L. WATCHIRS, ROBERTSON, P. W., FERSON, M. J., FAIRLEY, C. K., DONOVAN, B., LAW, M. G.

“…Several outbreaks of hepatitis A in men who have sex with men (MSM) were reported in the 1980s and 1990s in Australia and other countries. An effective…”
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Estimating seasonal variation in Australian pertussis notifications from 1991 to 2016: evidence of spring to summer peaks by Leong, R N F, Wood, J G, Turner, R M, Newall, A T

“…Unlike for many other respiratory infections, the seasonality of pertussis is not well understood. While evidence of seasonal fluctuations in pertussis…”
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Delay-adjusted age- and sex-specific case fatality rates for COVID-19 in South Korea: Evolution in the estimated risk of mortality throughout the epidemic by Newall, A.T., Leong, R.N.F., Nazareno, A., Muscatello, D.J., Wood, J.G., Kim, W.J.

“…•Case fatality rates (CFRs) were substantially higher in males than in females.•CFRs increased substantially from age 60 years in males and from age 70 in…”
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Non-positivity of Groenewold operators by Bracken, A. J, Wood, J. G

“…A central feature in the Hilbert space formulation of classical mechanics is the quantisation of classical Liouville densities, leading to what may be termed…”
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Pneumonia hospitalisation and case-fatality rates in older Australians with and without risk factors for pneumococcal disease: implications for vaccine policy by Dirmesropian, S, Liu, B, Wood, J G, MacIntyre, C R, McIntyre, P, Karki, S, Jayasinghe, S, Newall, A T

“…Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) results in substantial numbers of hospitalisations and deaths in older adults. There are known lifestyle and medical risk…”
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Cost-effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in older Australians by Dirmesropian, S., Wood, J.G., MacIntyre, C.R., Beutels, P., McIntyre, P., Menzies, R., Reyes, J.F., Chen, C., Newall, A.T.

“…The 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) has been funded under the Australia National Immunisation Program (NIP) since January 2005 for those…”
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The role of timeliness in the cost-effectiveness of older adult vaccination: A case study of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Australia by Chen, C., Wood, J.G., Beutels, P., Menzies, R., MacIntyre, C.R., Dirmesropian, S., Reyes, J.F., McIntyre, P., Newall, A.T.

“…While the impact of the timeliness of vaccine administration has been well-studied for childhood vaccinations, there has been little detailed quantitative…”
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Neurofibrillary Tangles of Alzheimer Disease Share Antigenic Determinants with the Axonal Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau (τ ) by Wood, John G., Mirra, Suzanne S., Pollock, Nancy J., Binder, Lester I.

“…The relationship of the neurofibrillary tangle, found in Alzheimer disease and aged brains, to normal or abnormal cytoskeletal proteins remains elusive…”
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