• Active surveillance of acute paediatric hospitalisations demonstrates the impact of vaccination programmes and informs vaccine policy in Canada and Australia. 

      Top, Karina A; Macartney, Kristine; Bettinger, Julie A; Tan, Ben; Blyth, Christopher C; Marshall, Helen S; Vaudry, Wendy; Halperin, Scott A; McIntyre, Peter
      Published 2020
      Sentinel surveillance of acute hospitalisations in response to infectious disease emergencies such as the 2009 influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic is well described, but recognition of its potential to supplement routine public ...
      Article
    • COVID-19 public health measures and respiratory syncytial virus 

      Britton, Philip N; Hu, Nan; Saravanos, Gemma; Shrapnel, Jane; Davis, Jake; Snelling, Tom; Dalby-Payne, Jacqui; Kesson, Alison M; Wood, Nicholas; Macartney, Kristine; McCullagh, Cheryl; Lingam, Raghu
      Published 2020
      Article
    • COVID-19, children and schools: overlooked and at risk 

      Britton, Philip N; Koirala, Archana; Wood, Nicholas; Macartney, Kristine
      Published 2021
      Article
    • From program suspension to the pandemic: A qualitative examination of Australia’s vaccine pharmacovigilance system over 10 years 

      Phillips, Anastasia; Carlson, Samantha; Danchin, Margie; Beard, Frank; Macartney, Kristine
      Published 2021
      BACKGROUND: In 2010, the Australian seasonal influenza vaccination program for children under 5 years of age was suspended due to an unexpected increase in fever and febrile convulsions causally associated with one particular ...
      Article
    • High attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 among two-dose vaccinated populations in two indoor entertainment setting outbreaks 

      Liu, Bette; Stepien, Sandrine; Pye, Victoria; Law, Charlee; Dalton, Craig; Durrheim, David N; Macartney, Kristine
      Published 2022
      We estimated attack rates of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) infection among people attending a nightclub and a graduation ball where >95% had at least 2 vaccine doses. Attack rates were 295/535(55.1%) and 102/189(54.0%) ...
      Article
    • High rate of persistent symptoms up to 4 months after community and hospital-managed SARS-CoV-2 infection 

      Darley, David R; Dore, Gregory J; Cysique, Lucette; Wilhelm, Kay A; Andresen, David; Tonga, Katrina; Stone, Emily; Byrne, Anthony; Plit, Marshall; Masters, Jeffrey; Tang, Helen; Brew, Bruce; Cunningham, Philip; Kelleher, Anthony; Matthews, Gail; Mistry, Sandeep G; Walker, Wallace; Earnshaw, James; Cervin, Anders; Gidding, Heather F; Machalek, Dorothy A; Hendry, Alexandra J; Quinn, Helen E; Vette, Kaitlyn; Beard, Frank H; Shilling, Hannah; Hirani, Rena; Gosbell, Ian B; Irving, David O; Hueston, Linda; Downes, Marnie; Carlin, John B; O'Sullivan, Matthew NV; Dwyer, Dominic E; Kaldor, John M; Macartney, Kristine; d'Emden, Michael C; Ungerer, Jacobus PJ; de Jersey, Susan J; Johnston, Kate; Tyson, Chloe; Danny, Indra; Meyer, Lois; Heriot, George S; Jamrozik, Euzebiusz; Way, Teagan L; Tarrant, Seth M; Balogh, Zsolt L; Stanaway, Fiona; Irwig, Les; Teixeira-Pinto, Armando; Bell, Katy J.L.; Horvath, Andrea R; Loy, Clement; Burrell, Aiden JC; Pellegrini, Breanna; Salimi, Farhad; Begum, Husna; Broadley, Tessa; Campbell, Lewis T; Cheng, Allen C; Cheung, Winston; Cooper, D James; Earnest, Arul; Erickson, Simon J; French, Craig J; Litton, Edward; Murthy, Srinivas; McAllister, Richard; Nichol, Alistair; Palermo, Annamaria; Plummer, Mark; Ramanan, Mahesh; Reddi, Benjamin; Reynolds, Claire; Trapani, Tony; Webb, Steven AR; Udy, Andrew; Hao Tran, Tu; Sasikumar, Suraj Narayanan; Hennessy, Annamarie; O’Loughlin, Aiden; Morgan, Lucy; Blakely, Tony; Thompson, Jason; Carvalho, Natalie; Bablani, Laxman; Wilson, Nick; Stevenson, Mark; Scott, Nick; Palmer, Anna; Delport, Dominic; Abeysuriya, Romesh; Stuart, Robyn; Kerr, Cliff C; Mistry, Dina; Klein, Daniel; Sacks-Davis, Rachel; Heath, Katie; Hainsworth, Samuel
      Published 2020
      Recovery after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remains uncertain. A considerable proportion of patients experience persistent symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection which impacts ...
      Open Access
      Article
    • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine vaccinations in Victoria. 

      Hull, Brynley P; Hendry, Alexandra J; Dey, Aditi; Bryant, Kerin; Radkowski, Catherine; Pellissier, Stephen; Macartney, Kristine; Beard, Frank H
      Published 2021
      Article, Letter
    • Influenza vaccination uptake in Australia in 2020: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? 

      Beard, Frank; Hendry, Alexandra; Macartney, Kristine
      Published 2021
      Article
    • Lessons learnt during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Why Australian schools should be prioritised to stay open 

      Koirala, Archana; Goldfeld, Sharon; Bowen, Asha C; Choong, Catherine; Ryan, Kathleen; Wood, Nicholas; Winkler, Noni; Danchin, Margie; Macartney, Kristine; Russell, Fiona M
      Published 2021
      In 2020, school and early childhood educational centre (ECEC) closures affected over 1.5 billion school-aged children globally as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Attendance at school and access to ECEC is critical ...
      Article
    • Letter: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmacist-administered vaccination services 

      Patel, Cyra; Dalton, Lauren; Dey, Aditi; Macartney, Kristine; Beard, Frank
      Published 2021
      Article, Letter
    • Progress and Pitfalls in the Quest for Effective SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccines 

      Flanagan, Katie L.; Best, Emma; Crawford, Nigel W.; Giles, Michelle; Koirala, Archana; Macartney, Kristine; Russell, Fiona; Teh, Benjamin W.; Wen, Sophie CH
      Published 2020
      There are currently around 200 SARS-CoV-2 candidate vaccines in preclinical and clinical trials throughout the world. The various candidates employ a range of vaccine strategies including some novel approaches. Currently, ...
      Article
    • Prospective characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children presenting to tertiary paediatric hospitals across Australia in 2020: a national cohort study 

      Wurzel, Danielle; McMinn, Alissa; Hoq, Monsurul; Blyth, Christopher C; Burgner, David; Tosif, Shidan; Buttery, Jim; Carr, Jeremy; Clark, Julia E; Cheng, Allen C; Dinsmore, Nicole; Francis, Joshua Reginald; Kynaston, Anne; Lucas, Ryan; Marshall, Helen; McMullan, Brendan; Singh-Grewal, Davinder; Wood, Nicholas; Macartney, Kristine; Britton, Phil N; Crawford, Nigel W
      Published 2021
      OBJECTIVE: To present Australia-wide data on paediatric COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndromes to inform health service provision and vaccination prioritisation. DESIGN: Prospective, multicentre cohort study. SETTING: ...
      Article
    • Safety of live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine in Australian adults 70–79 years of age: an observational study using active surveillance 

      Phillips, Anastasia; Glover, Catherine; Leeb, Alan; Cashman, Patrick; Fathima, Parveen; Crawford, Nigel; Snelling, Thomas L; Durrheim, David; Macartney, Kristine
      Published 2021
      OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety of live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine live (ZVL) through cumulative analysis of near real-time, participant-based active surveillance from Australia's AusVaxSafety system. DESIGN AND ...
      Article
    • 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
    • The seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific antibodies in children, Australia, November 2020 – March 2021 

      Koirala, Archana; Gidding, Heather F; Vette, Kaitlyn; Macartney, Kristine; Wood, Nicholas; Britton, Philip N; Wurzel, Danielle; Marshall, Helen; Clark, Julia E; Wadia, Ushma; Crawford, Nigel W; Richmond, Peter; Bartlett, Adam; Carr, Jeremy; O’Sullivan, Matthew VN; Nicholson, Suellen; Downes, Marnie; Carlin, John; Skowno, Justin; Hannah, Donald; Davidson, Andrew; Ungern‐Sternberg, Britta; Burgoyne, Laura; Archer, Paul‐Lee
      Published 2022
      Article
    • 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
    • Testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection: a key strategy to keeping schools and universities open. 

      Koirala, Archana; Wood, Nicholas; Macartney, Kristine
      Published 2021
      Article
    • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Australian educational settings: a prospective cohort study 

      Macartney, Kristine; Quinn, Helen E; Pillsbury, Alexis J; Koirala, Archana; Deng, Lucy; Winkler, Noni; Katelaris, Anthea L; O'Sullivan, Matthew V N; Dalton, Craig; Wood, Nicholas; Team, NSW COVID-19 Schools Study; Brogan, D; Glover, C; Dinsmore, N; Dunn, A; Jadhav, A; Joyce, R; Kandasamy, R; Meredith, K; Pelayo, L; Rost, L; Saravanos, G; Bag, S; Corbett, S; Staff, M; Alexander, K; Conaty, S; Leadbeater, K; Forssman, B; Kakar, S; Dwyer, D; Kok, J; Chant, K
      Published 2020
      School closures have occurred globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, empiric data on transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among children and in educational settings are ...
      Article