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Publications from the last four years
2010
- Economic costs of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection in Australia.McPherson M, Kirk MD, Raupach J, Combs B, Butler JR. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2011 Jan;8(1):55-62. Epub 2010 Nov 17.
- MD Kirk, K Lalor, J Raupach, B Combs, R Stafford, GV Hall, N Becker. (2011) Food- and waterborne disease outbreaks in Australian long-term care facilities, 2001–8. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 8(1):133-9.
- JSY Ng, N Pingault, R Gibbs, Ann Koehler, U Ryan. (2010). Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium outbreaks in Western Australia. Experimental Parasitology. 125(4):325-328.
- Dalton CB, Merritt TD, Unicomb LE, Kirk MD, Stafford RJ, Lalor K; the OzFoodNet Working Group. A national case-control study of risk factors for listeriosis in Australia. Epidemiology and Infection 2010; 1-9.
- Kirk MD, Veitch MG and Hall GV. Gastroenteritis and food-borne disease in elderly people living in long-term care. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010; 50(3): 397-404.
- Majowicz SE, Musto J, Scallan E, Angulo FJ, Kirk M, O'Brien SJ, Jones TF, Fazil A and Hoekstra RM; The global burden of nontyphoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010; 50(6): 882-9.
- Hall G, McDonald L, Majowicz SE, Scallan E, Kirk M, Sockett P and Angulo FJ. Respiratory symptoms and the case definition of gastroenteritis: an international analysis of the potential impact on burden estimates. Epidemiology and Infection 2010; 138(1): 117-124.
- Moffatt CR, Cameron S, Mickan L and Givney RC. Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis at an Australian Boarding School: Consistency between Epidemiology, flaA Typing, and Multilocus Sequence Typing. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 2010; July 9 (Epub ahead of print).
- Moffatt CR, Lafferty AR, Khan S, Krsteski R, Valcanis M, Powling J and Veitch M. Salmonella Rubislaw gastroenteritis linked to a pet lizard. The Medical Journal of Australia 2010; 193(1): 54-5.
2009
- Dalton CB, Merritt TD, Durrheim DN, Munnoch SA and Kirk MD. A structured framework for improving outbreak investigation audits. BMC Public Health 2009 Dec 18(9): 472.
- Gibbs R, Pingault N, Mazzucchelli T, O’Reilly L, McKenzie B, Green J, Mogyorosy R, Stafford R, Bell R, Hiley L, Fullerton K and Van Buynder P. An outbreak of Salmonella enterica Serotype Litchfield infection in Australia linked to consumption of contaminated papaya. Journal of Food Protection 2009; 72(5): 1094-1098.
- Lewis HC, Ethelberg S, Olsen K, Nielsen E, Lisby M, Madsen S, Boel J, Stafford R, Kirk M, Smith H, Tikumrum S, Wisetrojana A, Bangtakulnon A, Vithayarungruangsri J, Siriarayaporn P, Ungchusak K, Bishop J and Mølbak K. Outbreaks of Shigella sonnei in Denmark and Australia linked to consumption of imported raw baby corn. Epidemiology and Infection 2009; 137: 326-334.
- McPherson M, Lalor K, Combs B, Raupach J, Stafford R, Kirk MD. Serogroup-specific risk factors for Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection in Australia. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 49, 249-256.
- Munnoch SA, Ward K, Sheridan S, Fitzsimmons GJ, Shadbolt CT, Piispanen JP, Wang Q, Ward TJ, Worgan TLM, Oxenford C, Musto JA, McAnulty J, Durrheim DN. A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul in Australia associated with cantaloupe consumption. Epidemiology and Infection 2009; 137(3), 367-374.
- Pingault NM, Gibbs RA, Barclay AM and Monaghan M. Two cases of anticholinergic syndrome associated with consumption of bitter lupin flour, Medical Journal of Australia, 2009; 191(3), 173-174.
- Slinko VG, McCall BJ, Stafford RJ, Bell RJ, Hiley LA, Sandberg SM, White SA, Bell KM. Outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 197 of multiple genotypes linked to an egg producer. 2009; Communicable Diseases Intelligence (in press).
- Stafford RJ, Schluter PJ, Kirk MD, Wilson A. Population-Attributable Risk Estimates for Risk Factors Associated with Campylobacter Infection, Australia. Letter to the Editor. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2009; 15(5): 850-852.
- Unicomb LE, Fullerton KE, Kirk MD and Stafford RJ. Outbreaks of campylobacteriosis in Australia, 2001 to 2006. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2009; 6(10): 1241-1250.
2008
- Munnoch SA, Ward K, Sheridan S, Fitzsimmons GJ, Shadbolt CT, Piispanen JP, Wang Q, Ward TJ, Worgan TL, Oxenford C, Musto JA, McAnulty J, Durrheim DN. A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul in Australia associated with cantaloupe consumption. Epidemiology and Infection. 2008 Jun 18:1-8.
- Kirk M, Musto J, Gregory J, Fullerton K. Obligations to report outbreaks of foodborne disease under the International Health Regulations (2005). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2008 Sep;14(9):1440-2.
- Kirk MD, McKay I, Hall GV, Dalton CB, Stafford R, Unicomb L, Gregory J. Food safety: foodborne disease in Australia: the OzFoodNet experience. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008 Aug 1;47(3):392-400.
- Stafford RJ, Schluter PJ, Wilson AJ, Kirk MD, Hall G, Unicomb L, et al. Population-attributable risk estimates for risk factors associated with Campylobacter infection, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2008 Jun;14(6):895-901.
- Unicomb LE, Dalton CB, Gilbert GL, Becker NG, Patel MS. Age-specific risk factors for sporadic Campylobacter infection in regional Australia. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2008 Spring;5(1):79-85.
- Unicomb LE, O'Reilly LC, Kirk MD, Stafford RJ, Smith HV, Becker NG, Patel MS, Gilbert GL; the Australian Campylobacter Subtyping Study Group. Risk factors for infection with Campylobacter jejuni flaA genotypes. Epidemiology and Infection. 2008 Jan 21:1-12.
2007
- Dalton C, Merritt T, Unicomb L, Kirk M, Stafford R, Gregory J, and the OzFoodNet Working Group. A national case-control study of risk factors for listeriosis in Australia. Communicable Diseases Control Conference. March 2007, Canberra, ACT. Oral presentation.
- Djordjevic SP, Unicomb LE, Adamson PJ, Mickan L, Rios R. Clonal complexes of Campylobacter jejuni identified by multilocus sequence typing are reliably predicted by resitriction fragment length polymorphism analyses of the flaA gene. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007;45(1):102-8.
- Fullerton K, Gregory J, Fitzsimmons, Kirk M. Fresh produce outbreaks in Australia, 2001-2006. Communicable Diseases Control Conference. March 2007, Canberra, ACT. Oral presentation.
- Pingault N, Gibbs R, Sarna M, Stafford R, Bell R, Hiley L, et al. Salmonella Litchfield outbreak associated with the consumption of paw-paw. Australian Society for Microbiology Meeting July 2007, Adelaide, SA. Poster presentation
- Munnoch S, Ward K, Sheridan S, Fitzsimmons G, Oxenford C, Pispanen J, et al. A multi-jurisdictional outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul associated with rockmelons highlights concerns about the safety of fresh produce. Communicable Diseases Control Conference. March 2007, Canberra, ACT. Oral presentation.
- Musto J, Kirk M, Gregory J, Fullerton K. Outbreaks in Australia from imported foods, 2001-2006. Communicable Diseases Control Conference. March 2007, Canberra, ACT. Oral presentation.
- Sarna M, McPhail L, Gibbs R, Pingault N, Arrow W, Evans G, et al. Outbreaks of Salmonella Oranienburg associated with the consumption of alfalfa sprouts. Communicable Diseases Control Conference March 2007, Canberra, ACT. Oral presentation.
- Stafford RJ, Schluter P, Kirk M, Wilson A, Unicomb L, Ashbolt R, Gregory J; OzFoodNet Working Group. A multi-centre prospective case-control study of campylobacter infection in persons aged 5 years and older in Australia. Epidemiology and Infection 2007;135(6):978-988.
- Stephens N, Sault C, Firestone S, Lightfoot D, Bell C. Large outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 infections associated with the consumption of products containing raw egg in Tasmania, Australia. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2007;31(1):118-124.
- Stephens N, Sault C, Firestone S, Lightfoot D, Bell C. Large outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 infections associated with the consumption of products containing raw egg in Tasmania, Australia. Communicable Diseases Control Conference. March 2007, Canberra, ACT. Poster presentation.
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