• SEROLOGICAL TESTING OF BLOOD DONORS TO CHARACTERISE THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 2020 

      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
      Published 2022
      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 infections go undetected. We estimated SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody ...
      Preprint
    • Seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific antibodies in Sydney after the first epidemic wave of 2020 

      Gidding, Heather F; Machalek, Dorothy A; Hendry, Alexandra J; Quinn, Helen E; Vette, Kaitlyn; Beard, Frank H; Shilling, Hannah S; Hirani, Rena; Gosbell, Iain B; Irving, David O; Hueston, Linda; Downes, Marnie; Carlin, John B; O'Sullivan, Matthew VN; Dwyer, Dominic E; Kaldor, John M; Macartney, Kristine
      Published 2021
      OBJECTIVES: To estimate SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody seroprevalence after the first epidemic wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Sydney. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: People of any age who had provided blood for testing ...
      Article
    • Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Specific Antibodies in Australia After the First Epidemic Wave in 2020: A National Survey 

      Vette, Kaitlyn M; Machalek, Dorothy A; Gidding, Heather F; Nicholson, Suellen; O'Sullivan, Matthew V N; Carlin, John B; Downes, Marnie; Armstrong, Lucy; Beard, Frank H; Dwyer, Dominic E; Gibb, Robert; Gosbell, Iain B; Hendry, Alexandra J; Higgins, Geoff; Hirani, Rena; Hueston, Linda; Irving, David O; Quinn, Helen E; Shilling, Hannah; Smith, David; Kaldor, John M; Macartney, Kristine
      Published 2022
      Background: As of mid-2021, Australia's only nationwide coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic occurred in the first 6 months of the pandemic. Subsequently, there has been limited transmission in most states and ...
      Article